The Farnese Hercules
John Cheere (London 1709 – London 1787)
Category
Art / Sculpture
Date
1781
Materials
Painted black plaster
Measurements
590 mm (Height)
Order this imageCollection
Stourhead, Wiltshire
NT 732900
Summary
Painted black plaster sculpture, The Farnese Hercules by John Cheere (1709 – London 1787), 1781. Plaster statuette of the Farnese Hercules.
Marks and inscriptions
Cheere 1781 (signed)
Makers and roles
John Cheere (London 1709 – London 1787), sculptor
References
Haskell and Penny 1981: Francis Haskell and Nicholas Penny, Taste and the Antique, The Lure of Classical Sculpture 1500 - 1900, New Haven and London, 1981, 46