Detail View: The AMICA Library: Final Published Work: Hercules and the Hydra of Lerna, oil on canvas, AIC 1876
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AMICA ID:
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AIC_.1983.281
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AMICA Library Year:
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2001
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Object Type:
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Drawings and Watercolors
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Creator Name:
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Moreau, Gustave
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Creator Nationality:
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European; French
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Creator Role:
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Artist
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Creator Dates/Places:
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French; 1826-1898
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Gustave Moreau
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Title:
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Hercules and the Lernaean Hydra
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Title Type:
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preferred
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Title:
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Hercules and the Hydra of Lerna
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Title Type:
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alternate
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Title:
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Final Published Work: Hercules and the Hydra of Lerna, oil on canvas, AIC 1876
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Title Type:
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alternate
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View:
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full view
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Creation Date:
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=c. 1876 wkg MT
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Creation Start Date:
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1866
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Creation End Date:
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1898
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Materials and Techniques:
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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.W.mark: Y
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Classification Term:
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pen and ink
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Classification Term:
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Drawing
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Classification Term:
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Prints and Drawings
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Creation Place:
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Europe,France
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Dimensions:
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Height: 183 mm, Width: 158 mm
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Art Institute of Chicago
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Owner Location:
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Chicago, Illinois, USA
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ID Number:
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1983.281
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Credit Line:
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The Art Institute of Chicago, Restricted gift of The Joseph and Helen Regenstein Foundation
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Inscriptions:
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Inscribed l.l.: l'hydra
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Rights:
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Context:
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In 1876, Moreau returned to the Salon after a hiatus of half a dozen years and created a great sensation with such works as the painting of "Hercules and the Hydra" in the Art Institute. This preparatory study for that painting shows an altogether different perception of the hero--a craggy and scrawny figure--than the idealistic torso of the Apollo Belvedere that Moreau adopted for the finished work.
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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AIC_.D14315.tif
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