A Beating in Ivory, Baltimore, MD - a photo on Flickriver

This Baroque ivory statuette shows Hercules dispatching the Nemean Lion and was created by a follower of the so called Master of the Furies some time between 1640 and 1660.

This piece, originating in Austria or southern Germany, would have been prized by collectors, and would be displayed in a study as a symbolic representation, by parallel association, of their strength and accomplishments.

This piece is unusual since such motifs were typically done in harder materials such as bronze, since ivory's surface texture and patina lends itself to less violent subjects.

This statuette is on display in the Collector's Study at the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore, Maryland.

Learn more about this piece at art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=17346 and about the Walters Art Museum here: thewalters.org/

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Taken in: United States / Maryland / Baltimore / Mount Vernon (show map)

Taken on: June 13, 2010

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Camera: Nikon D70, f/4.0, 1/25 sec, 35mm (=52mm), ISO 320 (more info) (hide info)

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