Hercules Strangling the Nemean Lion (Romanelli)

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Hercules Strangling the Nemean Lion is a bronze sculpture located in the Piazza Ognissanti, overlooking the River Arno in Florence, Italy.

History and description

The first bronze statuettes on this subject were completed and exhibited by the Florentine sculptor Romano Romanelli in 1906–1910. [1] Romanelli became a prominent sculptor for the Fascist administration of Benito Mussolini. In 1930, the Fascist authorities removed the statue of the Venetian-Italian patriot Daniele Manin from the center of this piazza, where it had been placed, and installed it in the suburbs of Arcetri. In its place, the Jewish-Italian patron Angiolo Orvieto commissioned this sculpture, [2] placed here in 1937 after display at the exhibition of the Quadriennale d'Arte Nazionale in Rome. [3] A casting of this sculpture was also exhibited in Berlin in 1937, where it was prominently placed at the entrance of the exhibition alongside a photograph of Mussolini and King Victor Emmanuel III. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ Encyclopedia Treccani, Enciclopedia Italiana (1936) by Mario Tinti.
  2. ↑ The Florentine, article on Hercules and the lion, by Deirdre Pirro (issue no. 178/2013 / February 28, 2013)
  3. ↑ II Quadriennale d'Arte Nazionale al palazzo delle Esposizioni di Roma
  4. ↑ Italian wikipedia: Mostra di arte italiana dal 1800 a oggi.

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