Hercules and Iole, drawing with gray wash
A seated muscular male figure in a flowing drapery holds a small tambourine-like object aloft while a nude woman sits on his lap, turning her head toward him. Gray wash and fine graphite lines model the bodies and rocky ground on ivory paper.
- Artist
- Annibale Carracci
- Date
- after 1600
- Medium
- Graphite, with brush and gray wash, on ivory laid paper
- Source
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Size
- 1686 × 2044 px
Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1799).
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