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Dark bronze statuette of a muscular nude man lifting and gripping a smaller struggling nude figure on a rocky base.

Hercules and Lychas

A dark bronze statuette shows a muscular nude man gripping a smaller figure by the arm and hair as he raises him overhead. The smaller figure twists downward, clutching at the larger one's wrist, atop a rocky oval base with patinated surface detail.

Artist
French
Date
1850–1900
Medium
Bronze
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
843 × 1194 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1900).
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, Gift of the Antiquarian Society in honor of John Maxon

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