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Title:Hercules with the Coat of Nessus
Artist:Unidentified sculptor
Date:17th century
Culture:possibly French
Medium:Bronze, marble
Dimensions:H. 24 in. (61 cm.); H. of pedestal 6 in. (15.2 cm.)
Classification:Sculpture-Bronze
Credit Line:The Jules Bache Collection, 1949
Accession Number:49.7.61
Jules S. Bache , New York (until d. 1944; to MMA)
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "The Bache Collection," June 16–September 30, 1943.
Bordeaux. Galerie des Beaux-Arts, Bordeaux. "Profil du Metropolitan Museum of Art de New York: de Ramsès à Picasso," May 15, 1981–September 1, 1981.
Yokohama Museum of Art. "Treasures from The Metropolitan Museum of Art: French Art from the Middle Ages to the Twentieth Century," March 25, 1989–June 4, 1989.
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Marseille. "Pierre Puget, peintre, sculpteur, architecte 1620–1694," October 28, 1994–January 30, 1995.
Palazzo Ducale. "Pierre Puget (Marsigilia 1620–1694) un artista francese e la cultura barocca a Genova," March 4, 1995–June 4, 1995.
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