# Hercules and Antaeus [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [ANTICO]() - Date: 1451-1500 - Technique: Bronze, with silver gilding in the eyes, height 41 cm ## Commentary Antico was inspired by works from antiquity; he based this group on a classical marble of Hercules and Antaeus now in the courtyard of Palazzo Pitti, Florence. The group is fixed to an original oval bronze base without mouldings. The bearded figure of Hercules holds the younger Antaeus aloft. The eyes of both figures are inlaid with silver. ## Related artworks - [Bust of a Man]() - [Bust of a Young Man]() - [Bust of a Youth]() - [Cupid Shooting an arrow]() - [Emperor Antoninus Pius \(detail\)]() - [Emperor Antoninus Pius]() - [Equestrian Statuette of Marcus Aurelius]() - [Eros]() - [Gonzaga Vase]() - [Hercules and the Lernaean Hydra]() - [Medal Gianfrancesco Gonzaga di Rodigo \(obverse\)]() - [Medal Gianfrancesco Gonzaga di Rodigo \(reverse\)]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()