“Hercules and the stymphalian bird” signed J Uphues (1850-1911)

A high quality cast bronze of Hercules, poised on tiptoe, looking upwards and taking aim with a bow. Below the bronze base, which is signed J Uphues, is an oval green Tinos marble plinth.

Joseph Uphues studied under R. Begas at the Berlin Academy and sculpted many monuments in Berlin and other German cities. He won a silver medal at the Exposition Universelle of 1900. One example of this bronze exists in the Forbs collection of Victorian Art.

Circa 1890