“Wrestlers (or Hercules and Antæus) (1881)” by Sir Thomas Brock (original) (raw)

Hercules strangling Antaeus

Sir Thomas Brock, K.C.B., R.A. 1847-1922

Signed and dated 1889

Bronze

42 inches

Marked “3/9”

Private Collection

John Sankey reports that Brock exhibited a statuette Hercules strangling Antaeus at the Royal Academy in 1870

Thanks to Joseph Dimartino who shared photographs of this statue with the Victorian Web. Those interested in the work can contact him at jdmantiques@earthlink.net.

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