Gustave Moreau
French, 1826-1898
Hercules and the Hydra of Lerna
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Gustave Moreau
French, 1826-1898c. 1876
Hercules and the Hydra of Lerna
Gustave Moreau French, 1826-1898 →pen and ink drawingsdrawings (visual works)
Date
c. 1876
Medium
Pen and brown and black ink and graphite, with touches of brush and brown wash, heightened with lead white, discolored, on cream laid paper prepared with a pale brown wash, tipped on blue laid paper, laid down on cream board
Dimensions
18.3 × 15.8 cm (7 1/4 × 6 1/4 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Purchased with funds provided by the Joseph and Helen Regenstein Foundation
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