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Hercules Feeding Diomedes to His Mares, 1855

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As part of his Twelve Labors, the mythological Greek hero Hercules had to seize the four wild, flesh-eating mares belonging to the warrior Diomedes. While wrestling Diomedes, Hercules managed to throw him to the mares, who then devoured their master. Delacroix made several studies of this subject, including a rough oil sketch now in Copenhagen.

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Title
Hercules Feeding Diomedes to His Mares
Artist Life
1798–1863
Role
Artist
Accession Number
2015.93.21
Provenance
Delacroix's posthumous sale, Lugt 838a, Paris, 1864, no. 361. André Sert. [E. Bourdier, Paris.] John E. Andrus III, Wayzata, Minn.; by descent to his daughters, Elizabeth, Katie, and Julie; gave to MIA, 2015. Earlier provenances have been gathered, but further research will increase our knowledge of their histories.
Catalogue Raisonne
Robaut, L'Oeuvre complet de Eugene Delacroix (1969), nos. 1276 and 1779
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man standing along L side holding wrists of a man lying on his back with a horse biting his ankle