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Hercules or Atlas Supporting the Globe

Possibly by Clodion (Claude Michel) French
ca. 1780
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 552
This is a preliminary model for a bronze clock figure, with the movement potentially being in the globe. In an anonymous sale in Paris, 1790, a terracotta was sold that purported to be Clodion's model for a clock for Catherine the Great of Russia.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Hercules or Atlas Supporting the Globe
  • Artist: Possibly by Clodion (Claude Michel) (French, Nancy 1738–1814 Paris)
  • Date: ca. 1780
  • Culture: French, Paris
  • Medium: Terracotta, painted to resemble bronze
  • Dimensions: Height: 15 5/8 in. (39.7 cm)
  • Classification: Sculpture
  • Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1906
  • Object Number: 07.225.379
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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