Hercules Resting after Killing the Hydra

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Hercules Resting after Killing the Hydra

Creator

Giulio Romano (Giulio Pippi)

Italian Artist · 1499–1546

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Giulio Romano was so famous in the century after his death that he is the only "modern" artist mentioned by Shakespeare in a play. A Roman native, by about 1515 he was working for Raphael in the Vatican, eventually becoming the master's most trusted aide. Raphael's late works indicate the increasing torsion and tension that Mannerist artists like Giulio would bring to full flower, ideas that Giuli

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The muscular Greek god Hercules leans back to rest after completing the second of his twelve labors. King Eurystheus had ordered him to kill the monstrous, seven-headed hydra, a water-snake that ravaged the countryside. As soon as the hero cut off one head, however, two more appeared in its place. With the help of a companion, Hercules finally killed the creature by cauterizing the necks with a burning torch. Giulio Romano showed Hercules resting triumphant, with the hydra heads strewn around his feet. He holds his club under one arm and grasps the end of a torch in the other, while his bow and quiver of arrows hang from the tree behind. This drawing does not relate to any known work. Some scholars have suggested that Guilio may have used it as a preparatory study for a print, while others believe he may have made it for a painting project commissioned by his patron, Ercole d'Este. The soldier Ercole was often associated with his namesake Hercules, the personification of strength and courage.

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Artist/Maker
Giulio Romano (Giulio Pippi)
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https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/object/103R2T
Date
about 1535
Medium
Pen and brown ink (recto); Black chalk, incised for transfer (verso)
Culture
Italian
Object Type
Drawing

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49f510c1-cf5f-4ef2-a479-bb439c83bda1
Object Type
Drawing
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Creator
Giulio Romano (Giulio Pippi)
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Culture
Italian
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Medium
Pen and brown ink (recto); Black chalk, incised for transfer (verso)
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Department
Drawings
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The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
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Date
about 1535
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Begin Year
1535
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End Year
1535
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