Apelles, Artemon, Nearchus, Panœnus, Parrhasius, Zeuxis.
HERCULES AND ACHELOUS, Domenichino,
Louvre; canvas, H. 4 ft. × 5 ft. Hercules
overcomes the river-god Achelous
transformed into a bull, while his father-in-law,
Œneus, king of Calydon, with one of
his followers, are spectators of the combat;
meanwhile, two shepherds watch their flocks
on the banks of the river. Belonged to Cardinal
Ludovisi, nephew of Gregory XIV.;
bought from him by Louis XIV. Engraved
by Duthenofer.—Villot, Cat. Louvre; Musée
français, iii. Part 1; Filhol, ii. Pl. 94; Landon,
Vies, Pl. 114.
By Guido Reni, Louvre; canvas, H. 8 ft. 7 in. × 6 ft. 6 in. Hercules, covered with the lion's skin, struggles with Achelous and forces him to bend his body to the ground. Painted for Duke of Mantua; bought by Charles I. of England; on his death sold to Jabach, who transferred it to Louis XIV. Engraved by G. Rousselet.—Landon, Musée, ii. Pl. 15; Villot, Cat. Louvre; Felsina Pittrice, ii. 23.
HERCULES, APOTHEOSIS OF, François
Lemoyne, Toulouse Museum. Same
subject by Charles Coypel, engraved by Surugue.
Arrival of Hercules at Olympus,
fresco by P. Cornelius, Glyptothek, Munich.
HERCULES AND CACUS, Domenichino,
Louvre; canvas, H. 4 ft. × 5 ft. Hercules,
leaning on his club, drags the body of Cacus
out of his den; near him, a man points
to Evander and Faunus, hastening to his
aid; in the background, the cattle of Hercules
graze on the banks of a stream; to
the right, on a wooded hill, are ruined monuments.
Engraved by Pillement.—Villot,
Cat. Louvre; Musée français; iii. Part 1;
Filhol, ii. Pl. 118; Landon, Vies, Pl. 113.
HERCULES, DEATH OF, Guido Reni,
Louvre; canvas, H. 8 ft. 7 in. × 6 ft. 6 in.
Hercules, unable to bear the anguish caused
by the poisoned tunic of Nessus, stretches
himself upon the funeral pyre which he has
himself prepared, and expires with eyes and
hands raised toward heaven. Same history
as Hercules and Achelous of Guido. Engraved
by G. Rousselet.—Landon, Musée, i.
Pl. 41; Villot, Cat. Louvre.
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Death of Hercules, Guido Reni, Louvre.
HERCULES WRESTLING WITH DEATH, Sir Frederick Leighton, Bernhard Samuelson, M.P., London; canvas, H. 5 ft. 6 in. × 8 ft. Subject from the "Alcestis" of Euripides. Admetus, the friend of Apollo, married Alcestis; when his time came for death, the Fates consented to prolong his life if another person would die in his stead; Alcestis offered herself, but when Death came to take his due, Hercules struggled with and overcame him. Alcestis, pale and statue-*like, lies on a bier beneath a canopy hung from trees near the sea-shore, which, with a vast plain under a lowering sky, is seen behind. In the foreground, at right, Hercules struggles with the King of Terrors; at left, a group of attendants; in front, the grave. Behind the bier Admetus, old and hoary, sustains a damsel who is overcome with terror. Royal Academy, 1871.—Athen. (1870), i. 203; Art Journal (1871), 153.
