Hermes in the Garden of the Hesperides

Johann August Nahl the Youngerca. 1781

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

Drawing after a fresco devised by Giulio Romano in the Palazzo del Te in Manuta. The approaching Hermes at right, the boy emptying the basket with the apples, the group behind the table and the leaning girl in front of it are shown. Indication of the landscape.

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Title: Hermes in the Garden of the Hesperides
Creator: Johann August Nahl The Younger, German, 1752 - 1825
Date Created: ca. 1781
Location Created: Germany
Original Source: See this work of art on the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum website
Medium: Lead pencil, pen and ink, brush and watercolors on paper

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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