The Triumphant Hercules with the Vanquished Hydra

Provenance

Alfred Normand (1910–1993), Paris [stamp (L.153c) recto, lower right, in black]; sold, Christie’s, Monaco, June 20, 1994, lot 23. Walter Lees and Mr. NC., London; sold, Christie’s, London, July 16, 2010, lot 127, through François Borne to the Gray Collection Trust, Chicago; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2019.

The Triumphant Hercules with the Vanquished Hydra

Guercino

c. 1618

Accession Number

205649

Medium

Pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash on buff laid paper, ruled in pen and brown ink, laid down on paperboard

Dimensions

Primary support: 22.3 × 12.8 cm (8 13/16 × 5 1/16 in.); Secondary support: 22.2 × 13 cm (8 3/4 × 5 1/8 in.)

Classification

drawings (visual works)

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Gift of Richard and Mary L. Gray