# Hercules [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [UNKNOWN MASTER, Italian]() - Date: 1351-1400 - Technique: Marble ## Commentary The picture shows a detail of the Porta della Mandorla on the north flank of Florence Cathedral. The antique figural style of the Hercules, with its contrapposto pose and naturalistically modeled musculature, contrasts with the overall decorative program of the Porta della Mandorla, which includes simplified Gothic angel head reliefs and curling banderoles. ## Related artworks - [A Bishop Saint]() - [A Curious Scene]() - [Adam and Eve; Cain and Abel]() - [Adoration of St Mark]() - [Allegorical Portrait of Dante]() - [Altar frontal]() - [Altarpiece \(detail\)]() - [Altarpiece of St Clare \(detail\)]() - [Altarpiece of St Clare \(detail\)]() - [Altarpiece of St Clare]() - [Altarpiece of the Magi]() - [Altarpiece]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()