Studies for Hercules Holding a Club Seen in Frontal View, Male Nude Unsheathing a Sword, and the Movements of Water (recto); Study for Hercules Holding a Club Seen in Rear View (verso)

"Studies for Hercules Holding a Club Seen in Frontal View, Male Nude Unsheathing a Sword, and the Movements of Water (recto); Study for Hercules Holding a Club Seen in Rear View (verso)" is a drawing by Leonardo da Vinci, created between approximately 1506 and 1508. The recto is executed in pen and brown ink, along with soft black chalk or charcoal, while the verso solely utilizes soft black chalk or charcoal. The artwork measures 13.7 x 14 cm (5-3/8 x 5-1/2 in.).

This drawing was acquired by The Metropolitan Museum of Art through a purchase involving the Florence B. Selden Bequest and Rogers Fund, and as a promised gift from Leon D. and Debra R. Black, in the year 2000. It is classified under "Drawings" within the museum's "Drawings and Prints" department.

Information regarding the artwork's culture, specific provenance details prior to its acquisition by the museum, exhibitions in which it has been featured, or published literature discussing it, is not provided in the supplied catalogue record. Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519) is identified as an Italian Renaissance polymath.