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The relief and its pendant 'Hercules and the Erymanthian Boar' (149-1882) together with that of 'Hercules and the Ceryneian Stag' in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, may be identified with three bronze roundels listed in the inventory of Ferdinando Gonzaga's collection, prepared in 1627. The style can be compared to works by the famous painter and printmaker, Andrea Mantegna 91430/31-1506). Mantegna was the Gonzaga court artist, and it is possible that he supplied designs for Antico to use. \r\nAntico (Pier Jacopo di Antonio Alari-Bonacolsi, ca. 1460-1528) was an Italian sculptor and goldsmith. He was nick-named Antico, because in his work he related heavily to Antiquity. He re-created small scale statuettes of famous antique examples. He was active at the Gonzaga court at Mantua and made many bronzes for the court, notably for Ludovico, Bishop of Mantua and Isabella d'Este, wife of Francesco II  Gonzaga, 4th Marchese of Mantua. He was also a restorer of antique statues and an adviser to art collectors.","physicalDescription":"This medallion is decorated in relief with the infant Hercules on a couch strangling the serpents sent by Juno, who appears above in her car drawn by peacocks, while beside the couch are Alcmena and an aged woman, in attitudes expressive of amazement and terror. With the medallion is a wood frame covered with carved foliage in low relief. 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X/1, 'La scultura del Cinquecento', Milan, 1935, p. 301, fig. 219-223."},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Berger, A. 'Inventar der Kunstammlung des Erzherzogs Leopold Wilhelm von Oesterriech', in <u>Jahrbuch der Kunsthistorischen Sammlungen des Allerhochsten Kaiserhauses</u> vol. I, 1883, 2, p. 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