Pen and gray wash drawing of a bearded muscular figure on a cloud reaching toward a crowned figure, with cherubs and clouds at right and a landscape below.

Apotheosis of Hercules, pen and ink drawing

A pen and ink drawing with gray wash shows a muscular bearded figure seated on a cloud at upper left, reaching toward a crowned figure above, while a winged putto and other figures drift on clouds at right. A wooded landscape and hillside fill the lower half.

Artist: Unknown
Date: n.d.
Medium: Pen and black ink, with brush and gray wash, on tan laid paper, laid down on cream laid paper
Source: Art Institute of Chicago
Size: 1686 × 1949 px

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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1699).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)

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

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