Zoffoli cast of the Farnese Hercules found in a box under the stairs steps up to £12,000 hammer
Giacomo Zoffoli (c.1731-85) and his younger brother Giovanni (c.1745-1805) ran a highly successful workshop in Rome, specialising in the bronze casting of reproductions of antique originals.
Their foundry in the via degli Avignonesi, off the strada Felice, was extensively visited by Englis…