Image: Museo di Capodimonte, Naples
Museo di Capodimonte has highlighted a bronze by the Italian sculptor Guglielmo Della Porta, presenting the work under the title ‘Ercole fanciullo che strozza i serpenti’—‘Hercules as a Child Strangling the Serpents’—in a social-media post published on September 1, 2026.
The post identifies the artist as Guglielmo Della Porta, giving his dates as approximately 1515–1577 and associating him with Porlezza and Rome. It provides no further description of the sculpture, including its dimensions, date, provenance or current display status.
Della Porta’s name is presented in the museum’s post alongside the sculpture’s subject and medium rather than as part of an announced exhibition. The available material does not state that the work is newly acquired, newly installed or included in a temporary programme at Museo di Capodimonte.
The subject is drawn from the story of Hercules as an infant, when he is said to have strangled serpents sent to attack him. In the museum’s wording, however, the post gives only the title and the material; it does not offer an interpretation of the myth or explain the work’s place within Della Porta’s production.
No exhibition dates, venue details beyond the museum’s authorship of the post, or related events are supplied. The item functions as an artwork-focused highlight of Della Porta’s bronze sculpture, with the artist’s approximate lifespan and the work’s Italian title as its principal identifying information.
