Detail of Hercules and the Erymanthian Boar, after a model by Giambologna
Italian, mid-17th century
bronze with red-brown lacquer patina
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Source: metmuseum.org
didoofcarthage reblogged
Ancient bronze sculptures can be blue, green, brown, reddish, or even black. It all depends on where they’ve spent the last 2,000 years—in sand, soil, or under the sea—and how aggressively they’ve been restored.