Hercule Collection (page 3)

HERCULES (THE KNEELER) from Arabic manuscript of as-Sufis Treatise on the Fixed Stars, 1224 A.D

CONSTELLATIONS, 1286. Right: constellations Bootes and Corona Borealis. Left: Hercules and Lyra: Persian manuscript

ANDRE HERCULE de FLEURY (1653-1743). French cardinal and statesman. Oil on canvas from the studio of Hyacinthe Rigaud

ARISTOPHANES: FROGS. Dionysus and Xanthias before the house of Herakles. Line drawing, 19th century, after an antique Greek vase painting

MYTHOLOGY: HERCULES. Woodcut, c1496, by Albrecht Durer

HERCULES. The Judgement of Hercules. Etching, 18th century

HERCULES & THE NEMEAN LION. Hercules performing his first labor, the strangling of the Nemean lion. Woodcut, 1599, by Jost Amman

HERCULES. Etching, French, 18th century

HERCULES AND THE MUSES. Hercules Crowned by the Muses. Oil on copper by Alessandro Allori (1535-1607)

MYTHOLOGY: HERCULES. Etching, English, 18th century, after an antique engraved gemstone

HERCULES. Etching, English, 18th century, after an antique engraved gemstone

HERACLES & EURYSTHEUS. Heracles bringing the Erymanthian boar to King Eurystheus: wood engraving, 19th century, after an ancient Greek vase painting

VERSAILLES: PEDIMENT, 1679. Study for the pediment of the Marble Court at Versailles, with figures of Mars (right) and Hercules, by Francois Girardon and Gaspard Marsy, c1679

Departure Of The Ocean French Fleet From Brest, France, 1854; Hercule, 100, Towed By Caffarelli, 450 Horse Power; Jean-bart, 90, 650 Horse Power, Towed Out Later In The Day

Fleury, Andre-Hercule de (1653-1743). French cardinal who served as the chief minister of Louis XV. Engraving

The new American Nike Hercules missile, capable of carrying a nuclear warhead, c1959
NIKE MISSILE, c1959. The new American Nike Hercules missile, capable of carrying a nuclear warhead, c1959

MYTHOLOGY: HERA / JUNO. Juno nursing the infant Hercules. Wood engraving, late 19th century, after an ancient statue
MYTHOLOGY: HERA/JUNO. Juno nursing the infant Hercules. Wood engraving, late 19th century, after an ancient statue

HERCULES. The combat between Hercules and the Hydra. Line engraving, French, late 18th century

HOGARTH: BEAUTY. Analysis of Beauty, plate I. Etching and engraving, 1753, by William Hogarth

FRANKLIN PAMPHLET, 1746. Page from the pamphlet Plain Trouble by Benjamin Franklin, 1746, featuring a wood engraving, after Franklin, used to illustrate the fable of the Waggoner and Hercules

HERCULES AND HYLAS. Copper engraving, French, 18th century

HERCULES. Hercules chaining Cerberus, guardian of the underworld, and Aegeus saving Theseus from being poisoned by Medea (flying away in her chariot). Line engraving, English, late 18th century

HERCULES AND OMPHALE. 19th century engraving

MYTHOLOGY: HERCULES. Hercules chaining Cerberus and Aegeus saving Theseus from being poisoned by Medea (flying away in her chariot). Line engraving, English, late 18th century

MYTHOLOGY: HERCULES. Hercules overcomes Antaeus, who opposes his passage into Africa. Line engraving, English, late 18th century

HERCULES Line engraving, English, c. 1800

MYTHOLOGY: HERCULES. The Death of Hercules. Copper engraving, French, 18th century

HERCULES. The Farnese Hercules. Copper engraving, English, 1789

JUNO SUCKLING HERCULES. By Peter Paul Rubens. Oil on wood, c1637

RUBENS: HERCULES. The Apotheosis of Hercules. Oil sketch on wood, c1637

HERCULE SHIP
French naval frigate

The Temple of Hercules, Citadel, Amman, Jordan

Remaining columns from the Roman Temple of Hercules, dating from 169-180 AD, Jebel al-Qal a, Amman, Jordan, Middle East

Columns of a Roman temple, probably of Hercules, dating from 161-166 AD, on the Citadel at Amman, Jordan, Middle East

Statues of Hercules and David, Piazza della Signoria, Florence, Tuscany, Italy

Temple of Heracles (Hercules), dating from 500 BC, Agrigento, Sicily, Italy, Europe

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