Hercules and Antaeus, Design for a Fountain
Two nude male figures grapple on a craggy rock mound, one lifting the other, while two snarling lions crouch at the base. The pen and ink drawing with gray wash is shaded to model muscle and stone on pale paper.
- Artist
- Martin Desjardins
- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- Pen and black ink and brush and gray wash on cream wove paper, laid down on ivory laid paper
- Source
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Size
- 1686 × 2246 px
Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1694).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)
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