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Dying Hercules

1812

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The story

Before painting the dying hero, Morse sculpted the figure as a model for the canvas, and that sculpture earned him a gold medal struck by the Society of Arts in London. Yale now holds both the medal and the painting by the artist who later turned inventor.

Source, Yale University Art Gallery

Object details

Title: Dying Hercules
Artist: Samuel F. B. Morse
Date: 1812
Culture: Not recorded
Medium: Oil on canvas
Object type: Paintings
Collection: Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven (1866.3)
Credit line: Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain.
Object number: EFA.0965
Original image: 1559 × 1920 px
Source record: View on Wikimedia Commons
License evidence: See the license

Cite this object

Samuel F. B. Morse. Dying Hercules. 1812. Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven (1866.3). Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain. In The Secret Cabinet, https://thesecretcabinet.com/object/ea0965/