Watch List notes:

Netherlandish, Paulus van Vianen (1570-1613), Hercules subduing the Cretan Bull, bronze plaque (signed, c. 1597), Hercules wrestling the bull to the ground; to the right, three nude females bearing fruit and a cornucopia; in the background, trees, buildings, a road and river and birds flying in the sky; signed on a tablet on the left, PAVL DE VIANE, 157mm (Weber 923; Frederiks IV, 76), seven small piercings and an edge nick, a very fine contemporary cast, set in a dark blue velvet mount within partially gilt frame for displaying (frame 270mm square) Ex Morton & Eden, 18 April 2002, lot 620.

Please note that this plaque, signed by Paulus van Vianen, is the piece illustrated by both Weber in 1975 and Frederiks in 1961.

Estimate: 3000 - 4000 GBP