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| Keywords: Annibale Fontana - Plaque with Hercules and Achelous - Walters 4171.jpg This engraved plaque along with Walters 41 70 show scenes from the life of the mythological hero Hercules and were initially set into a sumptuous gilded casket that belonged to the ducal Gonzaga family of Mantua Hercules was famous for his strength and virtue and princes often surrounded themselves with his image as an ideal for and an idealized image of themselves The rivalry of Hercules and the river-god Achelous was narrated in the Roman poet Ovid's The Metamorphoses Both were suitors of Deianira the beautiful Greek maiden who became Hercules's wife Annibale Fontana's genius as an engraver comes through in details such as the spiky underbrush of the riverbank and the shaggy lion's skin that Hercules wore ca 1560 1570 Renaissance rock crystal enamel and gold cm 10 3 13 3 accession number 41 71 21338 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters World of Wonder The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1971-1972 La Celeste Galleria dei Gonzaga Il Museum dei duchi di Mantova tra Mantegna Rubens e Guido Reni Palazzo Te Mantua 2002-2003 place of origin Milan Italy Walters Art Museum license Renaissance applied arts in the Walters Art Museum Annibale Fontana Rock crystal objects Heracles and Achelous | ||||
