Bit Boss with Hercules Fighting the Monster Cacus second half 16th century South German, possibly Augsburg The central part of this bit boss is adorned with a scene depicting Hercules fighting the monster Cacus, represented as a centaur with a half-lion - half-deer body, a shield and a sword at their feet. This scene is directly inspired by a rectangular plaquette designed by Moderno (Galeazzo Mondella), ca. 1507. German bronze founders would regularly use Italian medals or plaquettes as models for their works, including bosses, like this one, which decorated the sides of horse bits. They also
Bit Boss with Hercules Fighting the Monster Cacus second half 16th century South German, possibly Augsburg The central part of this bit boss is adorned with a scene depicting Hercules fighting the monster Cacus, represented as a centaur with a half-lion - half-deer body, a shield and a sword at their feet. This scene is directly inspired by a rectangular plaquette designed by Moderno (Galeazzo Mondella), ca. 1507. German bronze founders would regularly use Italian medals or plaquettes as models for their works, including bosses, like this one, which decorated the sides of horse bits. They also produced similar decorative elements for powder flasks, staff weapons or even pistols. This scene seems to have been a common design for bit bosses and plaquettes made in Southern Germany in the second half of the 16th Bit Boss with Hercules Fighting the Monster Cacus. South German, possibly Augsburg. second half 16th century. Copper alloy, gold. possibly Augsburg. Equestrian Equipment-Bits
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