Ancient Sarcophagus Relief with the Labors of Hercules

Pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash sketch of two muscular nude male figures struggling with a large animal's head at lower right. The figure at left raises an arm while the central figure grips the beast's neck, drawn on buff paper with inscriptions.

Artist

Girolamo da Carpi

Date

n.d.

Medium

Pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash, and traces of black chalk, on buff laid paper, pieced at center

Source

Art Institute of Chicago

Size

1686 × 2433 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection