The Death of Hercules
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The Death of Hercules (1634) by Francisco de Zurbarán
The Death of Hercules is a 1634 painting by Francisco de Zurbarán, now in the Museo del Prado in Madrid. It belonged to a series of paintings on the life of Hercules for the Hall of Realms at the Palacio del Buen Retiro.
References[]
- ^ King, Christine M. (October 1971). "Seneca's Hercules Oetaeus: A Stoic Interpretation of the Greek Myth". Greece & Rome. 18 (2): 215–222. doi:10.1017/S0017383500018131. ISSN 1477-4550.
- ^ Farias, J. P.; Cohen, R.; Candlish, G. N.; Smith, R.; Fellhauer, M.; Blaña, M. (2015-01-01). "Life and death of a hero – lessons learned from modelling the dwarf spheroidal Hercules: an incorrect orbit?". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 446 (1): 144–159. arXiv:1409.0815. doi:10.1093/mnras/stu1797. ISSN 0035-8711.
Categories:
- 1634 paintings
- Paintings by Francisco de Zurbarán in the Museo del Prado
- Paintings depicting Heracles
- 17th-century painting stubs