Hercules capturing the Ceryneian Hind

Roman, 1st - 2nd century AD
Marble
H.: 49 cm. – W.: 29 cm. – D.: 16 cm.

Provenance:

In the collection of Giovanni Battista della Porta (1542-1597), Casa delli Heredi, Italy.
Acquired by the Borghese family in 1609, Stanza di Diogene, Villa Borghèse, Italy.
Mentioned by Giacomo Manilli in 1650 and then by Domenico Montelatici in 1700.
In the collection of Ludwig Mond (1839-1909), The Poplars, London.
Passed by inheritance to his son Alfred Moritz Mond (1868-1930), 1st baron Melchett, Melchet Court, United Kingdom.
Probably sold by Sotheby’s London, « Catalogue of the Melchett Collection of Paintings, Drawings and Antiquities », 24 May 1951, lot 26 (?).
Then in an English private collection.
Sold by Bonhams London « Fine English and Continental Furniture, Works of Art and Tapestries », 1 July 2003, lot 15.
Then in the collection of interior designer Mark Gillette, United Kingdom.

Publications:

- G. Manilli, Villa Borghese, Fuori di Porta Pinciana (“Villa Borghese, outside Porta Pinciana”), Italy, 1650, p. 96-97.
- D. Montelatici, Villa Borghese, Fuori di Porta Pinciana (“Villa Borghese, outside Porta Pinciana”), Italy, 1700, p. 274.
- Study by Carlo Calderi, 1710-1730, British Museum, London, inv. no. 2013,5015.3.67.
- Final drawing by Carlo Calderi, 1710-1730, Eton College, Windsor, inv. no. ECL-Bm.3:23-2012.
- Bullettino dell’Imperiale Istituto Archeologico Germanico (“Bulletin of the Imperial German Archaeological Institute”), Vol. VIII, H. Graeven, La Raccolta di Antichità di Giovanni Battista della Porta (“The antiques collection of Giovanni Battista della Porta”), 1893, p. 240, no. 41.
- E. Strong, Catalogue of the Greek & Roman antiques in the possession of the Right Honourable Lord Melchett, Oxford, 1928, p. 24, no. 17, pl. 27.
- C. Vermeule and D. von Bothmer, American Journal of Archaeology, Vol. 60, Notes on a New Edition of Michaelis: Ancient Marbles in Great Britain. Part Two, Chicago, 1956, p. 337- 338.
- A. Coliva, I Borghese e l’antico (“The Borgheses and the antique”), Milan, 2011, p. 183.

Published in our catalogue SUBLIME, 2023.