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Bronze figure of Hercules, Italian

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An image of Sculpture/Figure. Hercules. The nude male figure stands with the weight of the body on the left foot, holding a club over the left shoulder with his left hand and his right arm and the open palm of his right hand make a gesture of despair (?). Bronze, cast, patinated and polished, height, whole, 58.8 cm, circa 1700-1800. Production Note: Probably an Academy drawing model.

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Sculpture/Figure. Hercules. The nude male figure stands with the weight of the body on the left foot, holding a club over the left shoulder with his left hand and his right arm and the open palm of his right hand make a gesture of despair (?). Bronze, cast, patinated and polished, height, whole, 58.8 cm, circa 1700-1800. Production Note: Probably an Academy drawing model.

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  • Accession Number: M.25-1952
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/19.0
  • Focal length: 80
  • Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
  • Photographer name: Andrew Norman
  • Image height: 1024 pixels
  • Image width: 639 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 286.47kB
  • Exposure time: 1/250
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 19/1
  • Captured: 2015:06:23 10:16:21

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rgb(75,70,70), rgb(242,242,246), rgb(143,138,142), rgb(126,106,98), rgb(191,193,199), rgb(137,124,112), rgb(182,170,174), rgb(116,132,140), rgb(186,180,172), rgb(108,124,148), rgb(212,204,208)

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