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NORTHERN ITALY
Hercules
Bust: second half sixteenth century; socle: late nineteenth / early twentieth centuryRCIN 65740
Cameo with a bust of the warrior and hero, Hercules, cut in the round. Similar small-scale busts were made by Milanese craftsmen in the grand ducal workshops of Florence to decorate cabinets and other pieces of furniture.
