Design for a Fountain with the Labors of Hercules
date: label: Date
content: 1562
name: label: Artist
content: Vincenzo di Raffaello de' Rossi, Italian, 1527–1587
label: Attributions
content: Baccio Bandinelli, Italian, 1488-1560
label: Attributions
content: Unknown, Florentine
label: Attributions
content: Pierino da Vinci, 1530 – 1553
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: An octagonal basin upon a square platform from which a shaft rises at center supporting a circular basin and two tiers adorned with statues depicting episodes of the Hercules legend. At the top of the shaft, Hercules supports the world. On top pier, Hercules is shown with the Cretan Bull (at right side); Hercules with Hydra and the Nemean Lion (at left side). Below them, on the rim of the circular basin (at mid-section of fountain), at each side, are two pairs of putti on Capricorns; the infant Hercules with a snake is shown at the center of this circular basin rim. On the rim of the bottom octagonal basin are three statue groups: Hercules killing Nessus (center); Hercules and Antaeus (at right); and Hercules about to club another unidentified male (left). The sides of the octagonal basin are adorned with relief panels, probably depicting additional scenes from the life of Hercules.
place: label: designed in
content: Florence, Italy
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1942-36-1
objectType: label: Type
content: architecture
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Black chalk on off-white laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: Sheet: 43.3 x 27.8 cm (17 1/16 x 10 15/16 in.)