Statues and Figurines in the Lytham St Annes Art Collection
Link to Bronzes
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Hebe, Goddess of Eternal Youth
Artist Rinaldo Rinaldi |
Italian Marble Figurative
Group - Courting Couple (possibly Orpheus and Eurydice) by Artist Ferdinando Vichi |
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Farnese Hercules
Artist Glykon von Athen (after) (reproduced from the original by Lysippos)
Medium Marble
Size H 80 cm (31.5 in)
Date produced c.216AD (4th century BC for the original)
Donor Alderman and Mrs J H Dawson
Date donated March, 1931
The Farnese Hercules is an ancient statue of Hercules, probably an enlarged copy made in the early 3rd century AD and signed by Glykon, whose name is Greek but is otherwise unknown. It is a copy
or version of a much older Greek original, a bronze by Lysippos (or one of his circle). This original
survived until it was melted down in 1205 by Crusaders.
The massive Glykon copy, standing at 3.17 metres (10.5 ft), was made for the Baths of Caracalla in Rome (dedicated 216AD) from where the statue was recovered in 1546. It is now in the Museo Archeological Nazionale, Naples.
This Italian Verde Antico (antique green) marble full length figure shows Hercules standing beside a rock, weary, leaning on his club, which has the skin of the Nemean lion draped over it. In myths about Heracles, killing the lion was the first task of The Twelve Labours. It has been suggested that he has just performed one of the last tasks as he is concealing apples behind his back, cradled in his right hand, the apples of Hesperides.
Artist Glykon von Athen (after) (reproduced from the original by Lysippos)
Medium Marble
Size H 80 cm (31.5 in)
Date produced c.216AD (4th century BC for the original)
Donor Alderman and Mrs J H Dawson
Date donated March, 1931
The Farnese Hercules is an ancient statue of Hercules, probably an enlarged copy made in the early 3rd century AD and signed by Glykon, whose name is Greek but is otherwise unknown. It is a copy
or version of a much older Greek original, a bronze by Lysippos (or one of his circle). This original
survived until it was melted down in 1205 by Crusaders.
The massive Glykon copy, standing at 3.17 metres (10.5 ft), was made for the Baths of Caracalla in Rome (dedicated 216AD) from where the statue was recovered in 1546. It is now in the Museo Archeological Nazionale, Naples.
This Italian Verde Antico (antique green) marble full length figure shows Hercules standing beside a rock, weary, leaning on his club, which has the skin of the Nemean lion draped over it. In myths about Heracles, killing the lion was the first task of The Twelve Labours. It has been suggested that he has just performed one of the last tasks as he is concealing apples behind his back, cradled in his right hand, the apples of Hesperides.
Ballet Dancer
Artist Unknown
Medium Glass and Plastic
Size
Date produced c.2013
Donor Wynne Hodge Smith commemorating
Lytham St Annes Dance Festival
Date donated March 2013
Artist Unknown
Medium Glass and Plastic
Size
Date produced c.2013
Donor Wynne Hodge Smith commemorating
Lytham St Annes Dance Festival
Date donated March 2013
Venus
Artist Unknown Medium Unknown Donor Eva Dickinson nee Walmsley (1886-1949) Balmoral Road, Lytham St Annes Donated 2 October 1936 Socrates
Artist Unknown Medium Unknown Donor Mrs C Turner-Gresley, 13 Balmoral Road, Lytham St Annes Date donated 31 May 1940 Unlocated at the present time |
Apollo
Artist Unknown Medium Unknown Donor Eva Dickinson nee Walmsley (1886-1949) Balmoral Road, Lytham St Annes Date donated 2 October 1936 Unlocated at the present time The Rt Hon W E Gladstone and Shakespeare
Artists Unknown Medium Marble & Ceramic Donor Mary Eliza Garlick (1865-1937) and sister Kate Howard Garlick (1867-1948) Newholme, 45 Park Road, Lytham St Annes Date donated 2 November 1936 Both unlocated at present time |
