Stock No.7546
'The Choice of Heracles'. A carved Statuary Marble chimneypiece tablet or plaque depicting the Greek hero Heracles (Roman Hercules) at the moment in which he was offered to choose an easy peaceful life or a turbulent glorious life by the two allegorical figures Vice and Virtue. He chose the latter.
English, late 18th early.
Listed Price: £5,600 (+VAT where applicable)
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
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18 1⁄8"
46 cms |
8 7⁄8"
22.6 cms |
1 3⁄8"
3.5 cms |
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