Galeazzo Mondella, called Moderno (1467-1529), Hercules and Antaeus, bronze plaquette, Hercules lifting Antaeus from the ground, holding him around the waist to suffocate him; the scene on rocky ground with the bases of four ruined columns in the background, 74.6 x 58.2mm (Lewis 9; Molinier 202; Bange 476; Bargello 153; Kress 163; Scaglia V.20; Warren, Ashmolean, 315), the background tooled but otherwise a very fine contemporary cast, brown patina Provenance: John R. Gaines collection; Michael Hall, New York (MH monogram etched on reverse); and with label on reverse stating ex Heseltine collection, Sotheby’s, 1935, lot 131 (part).

Estimate: GBP 2500 - 3000