RA Collection: People and Organisations
Hercules is a Roman hero and god. He was the Roman equivalent of the Greek divine hero Heracles, who was the son of Zeus (Roman equivalent Jupiter) and the mortal Alcmene. In classical mythology, Hercules is famous for his strength and for his numerous far-ranging adventures.
Bernard Picart
Hercules and Iole , 1724
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Bernard Picart
Hercules Olivarius (Hercules of the Olive Merchants) , 1724
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Bernard Picart
Hercules and Cerberus, 1724
Etching and engravign on laid paper
Bernard Picart
Young Hercules, 1724
Etching and engravign on laid paper
Bernard Picart
Hercules drinking from a bowl , 1724
Etching and engravign on laid paper
Giovanni Battista Cipriani RA
Hercules drinking, 1785
Etching on wove paper
Gérard Audran
Farnese Hercules (back), 1683
Etching on laid paper
Gérard Audran
Farnese Hercules (left side), 1683
Etching on laid paper
Gérard Audran
Farnese Hercules (front), 1683
Etching on laid paper
Sir Nicolas Dorigny
Farnese Hercules (back) , 1704
Engraving with some etching
Sir Nicolas Dorigny
Farnese Hercules (front), 1704
Engraving with some etching
J. Vivares
'The death of Hercules' after a drawing attributed to Baccio Bandinelli, 1823
Etching and aquatint in colour on j. whatman wove paper
Conrad Martin Metz
Hercules and the Nemean Lion attributed to Giulio Romano, 1789
Etching and aquatint
Raphael Lamar West
Hercules and the Hydra, 1785
Etching
Conrad Martin Metz
Hercules; Venus sleeping, 1790
Etching and aquatint printed in brown
Claude Du Bosc
Hercules and the Amazons, [1730?]
Engraving
Claude Du Bosc
Hercules , [1730?]
Engraving
Claude Du Bosc
Hercules resting, [1730?]
Engraving
Claude Du Bosc
Hercules and Antaeus, [1730?]
Engraving
Claude Du Bosc
Hercules carrying the Cretan Bull, [1730?]
Engraving
Giovanni Mario Verdizotti
The Farmer and Hercules, 1570
Woodcut engraving
Unsigned
Vignette of Hercules and the Hydra with wreath border., 1678
Woodcut
Thomas Baxter
Hercules, 1810
Engraving
Thomas Baxter
Hercules and Hyppolita, 1810
Engraving
Thomas Baxter
Jupiter, Minerva and Hercules, 1810
Engraving
Edgar George Papworth Snr
'Hercules and the Centaur.', [1834-1836]
Etching
Benjamin West PRA
Leaf from a sketchbook, 1760s
Laid paper
John Vanderbank
The Farnese Hercules, 1732
Black and white chalk on brown wove (?) paper
After Glycon the Athenian
Head of the Farnese Hercules, ca. 200-240 AD
Plaster cast, 19th century?
After Henry Thomson RA
The Infant Hercules, ?1790s
Oil on canvas
John Flaxman RA
Hercules Dragging Cerberus, 1792-3
Light grey laid paper
Glycon the Athenian and Lysippus
Cast of the Farnese Hercules, c.1790
Plaster cast
George Michael Moser RA
Hercules and the Hydra, 18th century
Oil on canvas
Imagines Farnesiani Cubiculi Cum Ipsarum Monocromatibus Et Ornamentis Romæ In Aedibus Sereniss. Ducis Parmensis Ab Annibale Carraccio Aeternitati Pictae. A Petro Aquila Delineatæ Incisæ. - Romæ ad Templ. S. Mariæ de Pace cù Priv. S. Pont.: [ca. 1677?]
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Les Proportions Du Corps Humain, Mesurées sur les plus belles Figures de l'Antiquité. - A Paris,: [1683]
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