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Hercules and Lichas

Artist Antonio Canova Italian, 1757–1822

Datecirca 1796

MediumBronze

Dimensions15 3/4 x 10 3/4 x 8 5/8 in. (40.0 x 27.3 x 21.9 cm)

ClassificationsSculpture

Credit LineGift of the Wake County Medical Auxiliary

Object numberG.68.3.1

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Published ReferencesPhilipp Fehl, "Canova's Hercules and Lichas," North Carolina Museum of Art Bulletin 8, no. 1 (September 1968), 2-25, illus (b-w) 2, 7, front cover, details (b-w) 6, 7, 9. The Art Quarterly 31, no. 3 (Autumn 1968), 317, illus. "Acquisitions," North Carolina Museum of Art Bulletin 9, nos. 1-2 (December 1969), listed 53, illus. (b-w) 37. Judith Adamson, Art Gallery Designed for the Blind (May 1969), illus. Gazette des Beaux-Arts supplement (La Chronique des Arts), no. 1213 (February 1970), 75, illus. Exhibition Number One from the Permanent Collection (exhibition catalogue) (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1970) 88, illus. (b-w) 89. S. Keller, Die Kunst des 18 Jahrhunderts (Berlin, 1971). Rome in the 18th Century (exhibition catalogue) (Storrs, CT: William Benton Museum of Art, University of Connecticut, 1973), cat. no. 131, illus. (b-w) fig. 35. 1974-75 Yearbook. The Auxiliary to the Wake County Medical Society, illus. cover. William Howard Adams, ed., The Eye of Thomas Jefferson (exhibition catalogue) (Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 1976), cat. no. 337, illus. North Carolina Museum of Art Preview (Autumn 1985), illus. (b-w) 2. Bernard Black, "Canova's lost model for Hercules and Lichas preserved in bronze: The definitive French casts, the copies and the confusions," Apollo 152, no. 463 (September 2000), briefly discussed 18, illus. 15.

Exhibition HistoryRaleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, Mary Duke Biddle Gallery, "Reopening Exhibition," November 14-December 19, 1969, cat., illus. Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Exhibition Number One from the Permanent Collection," October 1970, 88, illus. (b-w) 89. Storrs, CT, University of Connecticut, William Benton Museum, "Rome in the 18th Century," October 13-November 18, 1973, cat. no. 131, illus. (b-w) fig. 35. Roanoke, VA, Roanoke Fine Arts Center, "The Male Image," September 12-October 27, 1974. Washington, DC, National Gallery of Art, "The Eye of Thomas Jefferson," June 3-September 6, 1976, cat. no. 337, illus. Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, Mary Duke Biddle Gallery, "Of Space and Time: Motion in Art," September 1985-August 1986. Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, Mary Duke Biddle Gallery, "Saints and Heroes," November 14, 1987-July 24, 1988.

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