Nude man, pulling the tail of a cow, bull or ox and nude youth seen from behind, holding a standard
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Dimensionsh x w: Mått 25,8 x 18,2 cm h x w x d: Ram 60 x 47 x 3,5 cm
Inventory numberNMH 74/1863 recto
Other titlesTitel (sv): Naken man som drar i svansen på ett kreatur och naken yngling sedd bakifrån, hållande ett standar Titel (en): Nude man, pulling the tail of a cow, bull or ox and nude youth seen from behind, holding a standard
DescriptionDescription: Inscribed in pen and brown ink along lower left: Antonio Pollajolo. Numbered in pen and brown ink 148 at upper left, 4 and 47 (Sparre) at lower right The subject of the drawing recto is mysterious, but Carmen Bambach suggests that it may be loosely based on an episode in the myth of Hercules and the giant Cacus, telling how Cacus stole some of the cattle that Hercules had captured from Geryon after killing the monster. While the hero was asleep, Cacus dragged the cattle backwards into his cave, pulling them by their tails. The two youths were obviously studied from life, drawn after "garzone" in the artist's workshop The drawing verso [...] [Bjurström, It. Drawings, cat. no. 1006 (recto)]
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