possibly the young Hercules, standing with his weight on his left leg and left arm originally holding an implement, golden-brown patina beneath a mottled black and brown opaque lacquer.

Sold&n𓆉bsp;Christie's L⛄ondon, December 4, 1999, lot 39

RELATED LITERATURE

Volker Krahn(ed.), Von Allen Seiten Schön- Bronzen der Renaissance und des Barok(exh.cat.), October 31,𒀰 1995- January 28, 1996, pp.190-213, nos. 27,29,34,35.

Volker Krahn, Bronzetti Veneziani..., Bode-Museum, Berlin, 2003, no. 9, pp.52-54

Patina is mottled with an overall golden color beneath traces of verdigris and some remains of a dark brown/black lacquer. Surface abrasions throughout (standard with age). Losses to two fingers on proper right hand. Loss to implements in both hands. Plugs and evidence of some casting flaws throughout. Old restoration on some areas of interior of legs, including heels, with some lead fill.
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The heavy cast and vigorous finishing of this bronze are typical features of Paduan bronzes of the late 15th and early 16th centuries. The treatment of the hair modelled with individual locks of hair as well as the boldly outlined, almond-shaped eyes are characteristics found in some of Riccio's bronzes such as the seated figure of Arion in the Louvre (Berlin,op.cit., no.27). The pose and figure type are also similar to a group of figures known as Amphora Carriers, previously ascribed to Riccio and now attributed by Krahn to Padua or Venice, circa 1520-30ꦏ.