UNKNOWN MASTER, Italian
(active in 1390s in Florence)

Hercules

1391-97
Marble
Duomo, Florence

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.




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