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Joshua Reynolds: English: The Infant Hercules   ( Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)   Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Artist
Joshua Reynolds  (1723–1792)    wikidata:Q194402  s:en:Author:Joshua Reynolds  q:en:Joshua Reynolds
 
Joshua Reynolds
Description British painter, writer and art collector
Date of birth/death 16 July 1723  Edit this at Wikidata 23 February 1792  Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Plympton London
Work location
London, Plympton, Italy
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artist QS:P170,Q194402
Title
English: The Infant Hercules
Description
English: As the recipient of a commission from Catherine the Great of Russia in 1785 for a history subject of his choice, Reynolds selected an episode from the early life of Hercules. The child of Zeus and Alcmene, Hercules attracted the wrath of Zeus’s wife Hera, who sent snakes to kill him in his crib. The babe strangled the reptiles, demonstrating his uncommon strength and remarkable destiny from this early hour. The subject was intended to flatter the ruler of an emerging European power. This sketch is believed to be a preparatory study for the large history painting that was displayed at the Royal Academy in 1788 before being sent to Russia. Reynolds is said to have painted an actual baby, and he adapted his sketch later for a little painting of the baby Puck.
Date circa 1785
date QS:P571,+1785-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
-89
Medium Oil on millboard
Dimensions height: 25.5 cm (10 in); width: 21 cm (8.2 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,25.5U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,21U174728

frame: height: 35 cm (13.7 in); width: 30.5 cm (12 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,35U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,30.5U174728
institution QS:P195,Q2603905
Current location
European Art
Accession number
2014-52
Credit line Museum purchase, Surdna Fund
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Source/Photographer Princeton University Art Museum
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