Hercules Gives Bow and Arrows to Philoctetes, Pen and Ink Drawing

A pen and brown ink drawing shows a muscular nude man reclining on the ground at left, his head turned and arm resting by his side. A draped, bearded figure stands at right holding a bow and arrows toward him, with a flowing cloak and a sketchy landscape behind.

Artist

Felice Giani

Date

1813

Medium

Pen and brown ink, over traces of black chalk on light blue laid paper

Source

Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)

Size

3100 × 2403 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum