Hercules on the pyre (on Mount Oeta)
Louvre Museum, Paris, France
Artist/Maker Guillaume Coustou the elder (French, 1677-1746)
Hercule sur le bûcher (Hercules on the pyre), marble, reception piece for the French Royal Academy, 1704.
Dimensions H. 74 cm (29 in.), W. 63 cm (24 ¾ in.), D. 56 cm (22 in.)
Credit line Seized during the French Revolution
Accession number MR 1809
Department of Sculptures, Richelieu, ground floor, room 25
Photographer Jastrow (2006)
See also
Daphne chased by Apollo, Guillaume Coustou the Elder
Mythology Images
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