Dying Hercules Artist: Samuel Finley Breese Morse (American, 1791–1872, B.A. 1810, M.A. 1816, LL.D. 1846)

1812

American Paintings and Sculpture

On view, 2nd floor, American Art before 1900
Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

96 1/4 × 78 1/8 in. (244.5 × 198.4 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of the artist

Accession Number

1866.3

Geography

Made in Great Britain

Culture

American

Period

19th century

Classification

Paintings

Disclaimer

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Bibliography
  • Amy Galpin et al., Behold, America!, exh. cat. (New York: Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, 2012), 100, fig. fig. 43.
  • Susan B. Matheson, Art for Yale: A History of the Yale University Art Gallery (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2001), 41, fig. 36.
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
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Object/Work type

mythology

Subject

Greek

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