Relief flanked by Hercules with Cerberus and Hercules with an apple of the Hesperides, La gallery de monsr. le president Lambert representative l'Apotheose d'Hercule (series title), In the center a relief with Hercules, who is resting from his labors, lying next to a stream god. Under his arm lies the head of the Nemean lion. Above it a hybrid beast and two sphinxes. The relief is flanked by Hercules, with the three-headed hellhound Cerberus on his lap, and on the right by Hercules with an apple from the Hesperides in his hand and the conquered dragon below him. Along the edges are instructions for mounting the print to other prints. Print is part of a series of prints that together depict the painted ceiling with the Apotheosis of Hercules in the Hôtel Lambert in Paris., print, print maker: Louis Surugue, (mentioned on object), after painting by: Charles Le Brun, (mentioned on object), after drawing by: Bernard Picart, (mentioned on object), Paris, 1714, paper, etching, engraving, height, 160 mm × width, 563 mm
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