Hercules_on_the_pyre_by_Luca_Giordano.jpg - Wikipedia

Summary

Hércules en la pira (

)

Author



Alternative names	Lucas Jordán, Luca Jordanus, Luca Fa Presto
Description	Italian painter, drawer, etcher and engraver
Date of birth/death	18 October 1634 / 1632	3 January 1705 / 12 January 1705
Location of birth/death	Naples	Naples
Work location	Naples (1651–1678), Rome (1654), Florence (1679–1682), Venice (1667), Bergamo (1685), Madrid (ca. 1692–1702), Naples (1702–1705)
Authority file	: Q332494 VIAF : 233370534 ISNI : 0000000367786987 ULAN : 500115457 LCCN : n85240521 NLA : 35670230 WorldCat

Title

Hércules en la pira

Object type

painting

Description

Español: El lienzo representa a Hércules , personaje clave de la mitilogía griega e hijo de Zeus, abrasándose en la pira.

English: Hercules on the pyre

Date

between circa 1697 and circa 1700

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 125 cm (49.2 in); width: 80 cm (31.4 in)

Current location

Casita del Príncipe

	Parent institution	Monastery and Site of the Escurial, Madrid
	Location	El Escorial , Spain
	Coordinates	40° 35′ 03.76″ N, 4° 08′ 11.45″ W
	Established	1771
	Authority file	: Q3848635 BIC : RI-51-0007308

Source/Photographer

Unknown source

Permission
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