William Dyce
The Infant Hercules
About this artwork
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artist:William DyceScottish (1806 - 1864)
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title:The Infant Hercules
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date created:1824
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materials:Oil on canvas
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measurements:92.00 x 71.80 cm; Framed: 110.60 x 90.40 x 5.70 cm
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credit line:Presented by Sir John Hay, 6th Bart of Smithfield and Hayston to the RI 1831; transferred 1859
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accession number:NG 184
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artwork photographed by:Antonia Reeve
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William Dyce
William Dyce
Dyce specialised chiefly in religious and medieval subjects. His many interests included medicine, geology and art education. Born in Aberdeen, he trained briefly in London before travelling to Italy. The Nazarenes, a group of German painters working in Rome who were inspired by the character of...
