The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
Hercule Mingens [ARK00019]
Attached People: Collector (major) - Bargrave, John (1610-1680)Location(s): Current location at - Canterbury Cathedral Library and Archives (Library and/or Archive) -> Canterbury Cathedral (Institution)
Annotation:[Canterbury Catalog: Bronze statuette of Hercules, drunk and urinating. Documented by Bargrave to have been "dugge out of his temple near the Tyber, at the foot of the Aventine Hill at Rome - still standing, almost all, and made a chappell". Hercules is the Roman name for the mythical Greek hero Heracles, son of Zeus and the mortal Alcmena. In Roman, Renaissance, and post-Renaissance art, Hercules can be identified by his attributes, the lion skin and the club.]