Hercules and Antaeus
Artist
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo
(Italian, 1727 - 1804)
Date18th century
MediumPen and wash with bistre ink
DimensionsOverall: 7 3/16 × 5 1/8 inches (18.26 × 13.02 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Milton McGreevy
Object number81-30/87
On View
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Exhibition HistoryDrawings Collection of Milton McGreevy, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, March 7-April 4, 1965, no. 55, as Hercules and Antaeus.
Mythological Subjects, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, June 12-December 15, 2013, no cat., as Hercules and Antaeus.
Hercules, the Greek hero, is shown squeezing the giant Antaeus to death. The giant remained strong only while his feet touched earth, so Hercules overcame him by lifting him clear of the ground. The nervous penmanship of the technique is typical of the light, 18th-century Rococo style.
Carl Robert Rudolf (1884-1974), London, by 1950 at the latest [1];
Purchased from Delius Gallery, New York, by Milton McGreevy (1903-1980), Shawnee Mission, KS, June 20, 1950-1980;
Bequeathed by Milton McGreevy to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1981.
NOTES:
[1] Lugt 2811b
“Drawings Collection of Milton McGreevy,” Bulletin (The Nelson Gallery and Atkins Museum) 4, no. 6 (March 7-April 4, 1965): 7, 32-33, (repro.), as Hercules and Antaeus.
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Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo
1753
F84-80
