Hercules and the Hydra of Lerna

Gustave Moreau French, 1826-1898

Date

c. 1876

Medium

Pen and brown and black ink and graphite, with touches of brush and brown wash, heightened with lead white, discolored, on cream laid paper prepared with a pale brown wash, tipped on blue laid paper, laid down on cream board

Dimensions

18.3 × 15.8 cm (7 1/4 × 6 1/4 in.)

Department

Prints and Drawings

Credit line

Purchased with funds provided by the Joseph and Helen Regenstein Foundation