Iconography
GODS AND MYTHS
Hercules / Census of Antique Art known to the Renaissance / Known Prototypes / Reliefs / Venice, San Marco (Hercules and the boar)
RELIGIOUS ICONOGRAPHY
Further details
Artist or creator
Date
13th century
Location
Associated persons
Ian Jones (Photographer (digital))
Notes on photograph
Bibliographic Citation
Erwin Panofsky and Fritz Saxl, Classical Mythology in Medieval Art, Metropolitan Museum Studies 4 (1933), pp. 228-280, p. 228, fig. 5: 'As the human soul was often symbolized by a stag, the result of these changes was that the classical hero had been transformed into the Saviour conquering evil and saving the souls of the Faithful'
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Acknowledgements
Record created with the generous support of the Dean’s Development Fund, School of Advanced Study’
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