Hercules and the Lernaean Hydra

1. Sold by the artist to Louis Mante (1857-1939), Marseille on July 26, 1887 for 30,000 francs; by descent to his heir, Juliette Mante (died 1956), Marseille, his widow retaining custody; Mante sale, Paris, Galerie Charpentier, November 28, 1956, lot 6 (ill.). Richard L. Feigen, Chicago and New York by 1961 [see New York 1961]. Jacques Seligmann, New York. Mrs. Eugene A. Davidson, Chicago by 1964; given to the Art Institute, 1964.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

• Paris, Salon, 1876, cat. 1505.
• Paris, Exposition Universelle Internationale, 1878, Groupe I, Classe I, cat. 656.
• Paris, Galerie Georges Petit, Gustave Moreau, 1906, cat. 75.
• Lawrence University of Kansas, Profiles and Perspectives in 19th Century French Art, January 14-February 26, 1958, cat. 18.
• New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Odilon Redon-Gustave Moreau-Rodolphe Bresdin, December 4, 1961-February 4, 1962, cat. 178 (ill.), traveled to The Art Institute of Chicago, March 2-April 15, 1962.
• The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, The Past Rediscovered: French 19th Century Painting, July 1-September, 1969, cat. 62.
• Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gustave Moreau, July 23-September 1, 1974, cat. 50 (ill.), traveled to San Francisco, Palace of the Legion of Honor, September 14-November 11, 1974.
• Kunsthaus Zürich, Gustave Moreau Symboliste, March 14-May 25, 1986, cat. 45 (ill.).
• Florence, Palzzo Vecchio, Gustave Moreau, 1826-1898, 1989, cat. 22 (ill.), traveled to Ferrara, Galleria civica d’Arte moderna, Palazzo dei diamanti, 1989.
• Heerlen, Stadsfalerij, Gustave Moreau, 1991, no cat. no.
• Mexico City, Centro Cultural/Arte Contemporáneo, Gustave Moreau sur legado, 1994-95, no cat. no.
• Tokyo, National Museum of Western Art, Gustave Moreau, March 21-May 14, 1995, cat. 23 (ill.), traveled to Kyoto, National Museum of Modern Art, May 23-July 9.

• Albert Merat, Le Petit Salon (Paris, 1876), p. 18
• Victor de Swarte, Lettres sur le Salon de 1876 (Paris, 1876), p. 79.
• Georges Dufour, Le Grand Art et le Petit Art au Salon de 1876 (Amiens, 1876), p. 24.
• Mario Proth, Voyage au Pays des peintres-Salon 1876 (1876), p. 123.
• Emile Bergérat, Les Chefs d’Oeuvre d’art á l’exposition universelle de 1878, pp. 156-157.
• Charles L. Duval, Les Beaux Arts á l’exposition universelle de 1878 (Paris, 1878), p. 127.
• Dubosc de Pesquidoux, L’Art dans les deux mondes, exposition universelle (Paris, 1881), p. 82.
• Paul Mantz, L’Art moderne á l’exposition universelle de 1878 (Paris, 1879), p. 31.
• Mario Proth, Les Artistes francais á l’ exposition universelle de 1878, p. 56.
• Ary Renan, Gustave Moreau (Paris, 1900), p. 88ff, 89 (ill.).
• Gustave Larroument, Notice historique sur Gustave Moreau (Paris, 1901), pp. 15, 59.
• G. Desvallieres, introduction, L’Oeuvre de Gustave Moreau, Musée National Gustave Moreau (Paris, 1906), no. 12 (ill.).

Hercules and the Hydra of Lerna

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Inspiration

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La Peri (Mythological Subject)

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Portrait of Eugène Lacheurié

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Gustave Moreau, from Souvenir Intimes

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Gustave Moreau (with a small hat), from Souvenirs Intimes

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Chimera

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Paris Street; Rainy Day

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