CHARLES NORMAND. Panel with Grotesque Design and Scenes of the Labors of Hercules

Charles Normand (1765-1840)

Panel with Grotesque Design and Scenes of the Labors of Hercules

Design for a wall panel with a vertical composition. Episodes from the life of Hercules are interspersed amidst a finely drawn, elaborate display of gardens, urns, nymphs, leafy arbors, pavilions and arabesques. The panel's representations include, from the bottom up: Hercules and Dejanira; Hercules and Antaeus; Hercules and Cerverus; Hercules and the Cretan bull; Hercules and Nemean lion; Hercules carrying the apples of the Hesperides; Hercules killing the Hydra; Hercules and Geryon (?); Hercules as boy with snake; Mercury advising Hercules. Date: ca. 1800. Pen and black ink, brush and watercolor on off-white paper, lined with white heavy paper and framed by blue color paper colored light brown and black.

Pen and black ink, brush and watercolor on off-white paper, lined with white heavy paper and framed by blue color paper colored light brown and black

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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908 x 3075 px | 8.0 MB

7.7 x 26.0 cm | 3.0 x 10.2 in (300 dpi)