Czére Andrea szerk.: A Szépművészeti Múzeum közleményei 105. (Budapest, 2006)

LOUIS A. WALDMAN: A Drawing by Tribolo for Montorsoli's Lost Hercules and Antaeus at Castello

HERE ATTRIBUTED TO NICCOLÖ TRIBOLO. STUDY FOR THF. HERCULES AND ANTAEUS OF THE VILLA CASTELLO. BUDAPEST MUSEUM OE FINE ARTS (ACTUAL SIZE) hatchirig. The pectoral regions of the Antaeus and Giovanni delle Bande Nere are both defined by a pair of swiftly drawn rectangles. The torso of Hercules is constructed in the same graphic shorthand as that of the satyr embracing an Lirn in another sheet of studies by Tribolo in the Louvre, which also contains studies for the decorations at Castello (fig. 5).

10 In both the Hercules and the satyr, a long, quivering, hesitant line defines the outer contour of the figure's back, while shorter, curved lines inside the outlines of the torso denote the topography of bulging of muscle around the shoulder and ribcage, as well as the upper ridge of the pelvic bone. The Hercules and Antaeus in Budapest displays typical features of Tribolo's anatomical shorthand, such as the shapeless, floppy feet he sometimes affected and the pothooks and