GIAMBOLOGNA
(b. 1529, Douai, d. 1608, Firenze)

Man with a Club

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Bronze
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

This statue is related to Giambologna's groups from the Hercules series: it is an independent figure that seems to extract one of the hero's performances from the context of an encounter with any individual enemy. It could be also remarked that the figure's pose is nearly identical to the marble Samson and a Philistine.




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