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A pen and ink drawing of Hercules and other figures in a physical. Floating in the sky above and behind him are three female allegories: Victory, Honor, and Fame. A pen and ink drawing of Hercules being saddled with the heavens, represented by clouds, by three nude women. At left, a seated woman looks on, surveying the event.

Carlo Maratti

Double-Sided Sheet with Studies of Hercules in the Garden of the Hesperides,

Maker

  • Carlo Maratti

Title

Double-Sided Sheet with Studies of Hercules in the Garden of the Hesperides

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • Pen and ink and brush and wash over black chalk on laid paper

Techniques

  • Pen and ink and brush and wash over black chalk on laid paper

Supports

  • paper

Dimensions

44.4 x 38.6 cm (17 7/16 x 15 3/16 inches) (recto)

Type

  • Drawings and Watercolors

Credit

Anonymous gift

Object Number

52.194

Double-Sided Sheet with Studies of Hercules in the Garden of the Hesperides

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Drawing Closer

Four Hundred Years of Drawing from the RISD Museum
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Selected Works

Exhibition History

Drawing Closer

March 12 - September 4, 2022

Design and Description

January 27 - April 9, 2006

Italian Art in Celebration of Rhode Island’s Italian Festival; Seven Centuries of Italian Art

April 12 - May 21, 1967

Italian Drawings from the Museum's Collection

March 17 - April 16, 1961

Italian Drawings of the 16th Century--18th Century, Recently Acquired

October 22, 1952 - January 6, 1953
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