Engraved print of kneeling figures mourning a fallen armored warrior on a hillside, with a standing mourner, distant tents and a town under a bright sky.

Alcmene, Hercules, and Hermes Mourning Amphitryon

An etching and aquatint in black ink shows a woman and a young man kneeling beside a fallen armored warrior on a grassy hill. A helmeted figure in a cloak stands above them, hand to his face, with a distant coastal town and tents under a radiant sky.

Artist: Carl Russ
Date: 1809
Medium: Etching and aquatint in black on cream wove paper, laid down on ivory wove paper (chine collé)
Source: Art Institute of Chicago
Size: 1686 × 1371 px

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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1809).
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Mr. and Mrs. Henry C. Woods Endowment

19th century 1800s 1809 etching black and white print neoclassical aquatint classical mythology mourning hermes carl russ hercules