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Hercules Slaying the Hydra
Chéron, Louis, born 1660 - died 1725 - Enlarge image
Hercules Slaying the Hydra
- Object:
Oil painting
- Place of origin:
Great Britain, UK (probably, painted)
- Date:
ca. 1690-1725 (painted)
- Artist/Maker:
Chéron, Louis, born 1660 - died 1725 ((painter) artist)
- Materials and Techniques:
oil on canvas
- Museum number:
99-1870
- Gallery location:
Prints & Drawings Study Room, room 315, case R, shelf 21, box R
Louis Chéron (1660-1725) was a French painter and illustrator who settled in England; his presence is first recorded in 1693, and he was naturalised in 1710. In Greek mythology Hercules slew several dangerous monsters, including, as his second labour, the nine-headed Hydra. Whenever he severed one of its heads, two grew in its place, until his nephew Iolaus seared the stumps with fire.
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