Title

The Apotheosis of Hercules, 1765. Creator: Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo.

Caption

The Apotheosis of Hercules, 1765. The Apotheosis of Hercules, along with other similar scenes of figures elevated into the heavens, was a commonly depicted subject in Baroque art, used for decorative cycles and in particular for ceiling paintings. The death and subsequent elevation of Hercules to the heavens on the wish of Jupiter is recounted by Ovid in The Metamorphoses.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM24A25_187

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Rights managed

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60,0Mb (2,7Mb) / 14,1in x 16,5in / 4226 x 4960 (300dpi)

Keywords

weather cloud clouds portrait Italy Italian people male group man men music religious arts painting country religion shape art guy museum heaven color musical deity God angel location century triumph welcome welcoming literature Jupiter concept mythology roman mythology ascending oval metamorphoses oil Painting ascent celestial Colour mythical creature Hercules rococo triumphal Herakles Greek mythology 18th century centaur Eighteenth Century apotheosis courtier deification mythical beast Oil on canvas retinue Jove portrait oil oval shaped Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo Ovid Publius Ovidius Naso Heracles Rococo era Tiepolo Giovanni Domenico Gian Domenico Tiepolo Giandomenico Tiepolo Oil on canvas Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection 1760s mythical creatures Heritage Art mythical beasts Tiepolo Giandomenico Tiepolo Gian Domenico mythological creature Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum