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The Sanctuary of Hercules

The Sanctuary of Hercules





Relationship with : Heracles - Herakles ( Hercule)

Date : 1884

Sizes : 1.8 m x 1.13 m
Material : Oil on canvas
Acquisition : Andrew W. Mellon Fund (1976)
Item 1 on 7
French Painting
Painting


Description   

In Arnold Böcklin's Sanctuary of Hercules, three soldiers kneel reverently on the outer step of a shrine, while a fourth looks defiantly off into the distance.
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