Hercules and the Arcadian Stag

early 17th century

Antonio Susini , Artist After a model by Giovanni da Bologna , Artist

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European: Medieval and Renaissance, Level 2, West Wing

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About the Artwork

Title Hercules and the Arcadian Stag

Artwork Date early 17th century

Makers Antonio Susini (Artist) Italian, 1580-1624 After a model by Giovanni da Bologna (Artist) Italian, 1529-1608

Medium Bronze

Dimensions Overall: 14 × 9 1/2 × 9 1/2 inches (35.6 × 24.1 × 24.1 cm) Including base: 19 3/16 × 10 7/8 × 12 inches (48.7 × 27.6 × 30.5 cm) Overall: 5 1/4 × 8 5/8 × 12 inches (13.3 × 21.9 × 30.5 cm)

Classification Sculpture

Department European Sculpture and Dec Arts

Credit Gift of Mrs. Ralph Harman Booth

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 43.482

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Inscriptions Inscribed, under the ebony and walnut 17th century Florentine base, on paper label: III/29 Inscribed, under the ebony and walnut 17th century Florentine base, on paper label: A

Provenance

unspecified collection (England);
until 1913, Rita Lydig (New York, New York, USA);
Franz von Uthemann (Petersburg);
1913, (American Art Association, New York, New York, USA) Rita Lydig, no. 53;
(J. and S. Goldschmidt, New York, New York, USA);
March 2, 1925-1943, Ralph Harman Booth (Grosse Pointe, Michigan, USA);
1943-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Published References

Rita Lydig sale. Sales cat., American Art Association. New York, 1913, no. 33.

Valentiner, W.R. "Late Gothic Sculpture in Detroit." Art Quarterly 6 (Autumn 1943): pp. 276-305.

Avery, C. Giambologna: The Complete Sculpture. Oxford and Mt. Kisco, NY, 1987, p. 141, no. 83.

Darr, A.P., P. Barnet, A. Bostrom, C. Avery et al. Catalogue of Italian Sculpture in the Detroit Institute of Arts. London, 2002, 2 vols., II, cat. 130.

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Antonio Susini; after a model by Giovanni da Bologna, Hercules and the Arcadian Stag, early 17th century, bronze. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. Ralph Harman Booth, 43.482.