'Hercules Wrestling with Death for the Body of Aclestis'

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Painting details

Title: 'Hercules Wrestling with Death for the Body of Aclestis'
Date: c.1869-71
Media: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 133 x 264 cm
Location: Private Collection
Picture credit: Courtesy of Leighton House Museum, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (illustrated from a photogravure)

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Provenance

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Purchased by Sir Bernhard Samuelson (British merchant and politician, 1820-1905) at the Liverpool Autumn Exhibition of 1871; collection of Dr. Arnold Renishaw; collection of Mrs. Alice Duckett; Knight, Frank and Rutley (auctioneer), 1968; collection of Charles Jerdein; collection of Mr. And Mrs. Joseph Tannenbaum

Bibliography

Jones, Stephen et al., 'Frederic Leighton', Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1996, p.31, catalogue number 62
Ormond, LeonTe and Richard, 'Lord Leighton', Yale University Press, London, 1975, pp.64, 78, 89-90, 93, 130, 160 catalogue number 193, plate 119
Rhys, Ernest, (prefatory essay by Stephens, F. G.) 'Sir Frederic Leighton, Bart., P. R. A.: An Illustrated Chronicle', George Bell and Sons, London, 1895, illustrated opposite p.18

Exhibition history

1871, Royal Academy of Arts, London, catalogue number 215
1871, Liverpool Autumn Exhibition, catalogue number 193
04 January 1897 to 13 March 1897, 'Exhibition of Works be the Late Lord Leighton of Stretton President of the Royal Academy: Winter Exhibition', The Royal Academy of Arts, London, catalogue number 7
1968, Royal Academy of Arts Winter Exhibition, London, catalogue number 344, 1969, 'The Sacred and Profane in Symbolist Art', Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna, Turin, and Art Gallery of

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Photogravure by Waler and Boutall

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