The Infant Hercules Throttling the Serpents

1790-1793

William Blake

Associated Names
William Blake

Artist, British, 1757 - 1827

The sketch shows four figures positioned next to each other. There is a person to the left seated in a semi-reclined position with one hand on the ground and the other on a knee. In the center, a child is seated on a soft cushion or drapery, with arms slightly extended. To the right, two figures are depicted standing upright. The figures are drawn with minimal detailing, and there is a faint outline suggesting an indoor setting or structural form in the background.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    graphite

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall (approximate): 19.2 x 14.2 cm (7 9/16 x 5 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.9007

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Butlin 1981, no. 253

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1975

  • Fine 1975, IV.A.21.

1981

  • Butlin, Martin. The Paintings and Drawings of William Blake. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1981.

Inscriptions

upper left upside down and effaced: Blake ... (two illegible lines); on verso in graphite: (unidentified text)

Wikidata ID

Q64636411

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