Antique Hercules

18th century French Louis XV period fireback with two pillars of Hercules topped with Fleurs de Lys and a floral decoration.

17th- 18th century French Louis XV fireback with pillars of Hercules. The pillar refers to the club of Hercules, his favorite weapon.

Dimensions in cm: Height 8.8 cm x Width 9.5 cm x Depth 9.5 cm Dimensions in inches: Height 3 inches x Width 4 inches x Depth 4 inches The Temple of Hercules Victor or Hercules Oliv...

18th century French Louis XIV fireback with pillars of Hercules. The pillar refers to the club of Hercules, his favorite weapon.

The central medallion depicts the infant Hercules in the legendary moment that foretold his destiny.

Stunning black and white design by Frederick Charles Herrick (1887-1970) of a muscular man fighting and slaying the Nemean lion under the title - Hercules - depicting the first of th...

Hercules and Omphale Oil on panel, 52 x 41 cm According to legend, Hercules had to make atonement and became a slave to the Lydian queen Omphale.

18th century French Louis XV fireback with two Pillars of Hercules. The pillar refers to the club of Hercules, his favorite weapon.

18th century French Louis XV fireback with two Pillars of Hercules. The pillar refers to the club of Hercules and symbolizes strength and the unknown.

Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this antique well weathered circa 1900 late Victorian Terracotta bust of Hercules A very good looking and ...

Two carved of oak columns or pedestals, each of a muscular male figure, representing Atlas or Hercules, the head inclined forward and supporting as well with the shoulders a square p...

Temple of Hercules Victor in Rome - Original 19th Century Italian Watercolor Antique watercolor painting showing the Temple of Hercules Victor at the Forum Boarium in Rome by Italia...

Hercules on Oil Lamp from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Francesco Giomignani in the 18th Century.

18th century French Louis XIV fireback with pillars of Hercules. The pillars stand for the club of Hercules and symbolize strength and the unknown.

Elegant and finely carved marble sculpture depicting Hercules as a child fighting the serpents, a classic scene from Greek mythology.

Oil on canvas depicting Hercules bringing Alceste back from the Underworld to her husband King Admetus, signed lower right A.LUPIAC, 1923.

Hercules, Ancient Roman Statue, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by P.

A fabulous example of cased, wheel-cut glass from the height of the Art Deco period, this large footed bowl or centerpiece features large scenes of Hercules subduing the Erymanthian ...

18th century French Louis XIV Period fireback with two pillars of Hercules topped with Gallic Cocks. The pillars refer to the club of Hercules and symbolize strength and the unknown.

Unveil the elegance of antiquity with this Ancient Roman High Karat Gold Club of Hercules pendant. The magnificent ancient Roman Club of Herakles, or Hercules dates to the 2nd Centu...

This iconography (strength, beard, and animal hide recalling the leonté or skin of the Nemean lion) strongly suggests the mythological figure of Hercules. Its counterpart presents a ...

18th century French Louis XV fireback with pillars of Hercules. The pillar refers to the club of Hercules, his favorite weapon.

18th century French Louis XIV fireback with pillars of Hercules. The pillars stand for the club of Hercules and symbolize strength and the unknown.

The pillar refers to the club of Hercules, his favourite weapon. It symbolizes power.

17th-18th century French Louis XIV fireback with pillars of Hercules. The pillars stand for the club of Hercules and symbolize strength and the unknown.

The pillar refers to the club of Hercules, his favorite weapon. It symbolizes power.

LATE 19TH CENTURY SILVER AND TWO COLOUR VITREOUS HERCULES INTAGLIO MEN'S RING Period: late XIX century Ring size: 8 ½ The carving retains a peculiar depiction of Hercules intent on...

The pillar refers to the club of Hercules, his favorite weapon. It symbolizes power.

A Huge Oil on canvas (2.25 m x 1.50 m) depicting "Hercules' Choice," or "The Choice Between Virtue and Vice."

Roberto Gigli (Italian, 1846-1922), “View of the Hercules Victor Temple at the Forum Boarium”, watercolor, signed lower right.

It depicts Omphale, the Lydian queen, identifiable by Hercules’ lion skin which she wears – a symbol of her mythological dominion over him.

The subject of the cameo is the Greek hero Hercules, carved as a bust in profile wearing a lion skin.

Plate 23: Iole cutting Hercules' coat, envied by Deianira; after a drawing by Primaticcio, formerly believed to be after Maturino.

The fireguard has finely cast and chassed bronze figures of a lioness and cub on the left side with a lion and snake on the right side both with a mask of Hercules underneath. The pi...

Boldly sculpted and beautifully finished with a deep mossy green glaze, this bas relief sculpture depicts a nude Hercules, possibly carrying the Cretan bull, followed by a robed fema...

This rare and most unusual cast iron plaque with the portrait in profile of Hercules dates from the first or second decade of the 19th century.

In Roman tradition, the Knot of Hercules was believed to possess protective and sacred powers.

A Roman Marble Sculpture of Hercules, Circa 1st / 2nd Century AD The sculpture is nude except for the draped Nemean lion skin.

Antique print titled 'Hercules cum Hesperide Beneuentanus'. Engraving with two scenes of Hercules in the Garden of Hesperides.

Antique print titled 'Hercules inter Hesperides Romanis in hortis Mediceoru'.

Antique print titled 'Hercules inter Hesperides Romanis in hortis Mediceoru'.

Grand Tour Bronze and Marble Model of the Temple of Hercules Victor, Rome, Mid-19th Century A refined Grand Tour souvenir in patinated bronze and marble, representing the celebrated...

Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this stunning original pair of Circa 1880 hand made in Italy Grand Tour bronze Hercules cups with black marb...

Bernard Picart, 'The Death of Hercules' from 'The Temple of the Muses', engraving, 1730.

The Hind (a red-haired deer) was sacred to the goddess Diana, so Hercules' journey back to Eurystheus was complicated when he encountered Diana along the way.

The clock is held up by a fantastic patinated bronze figure of Hercules. The patinated bronze Hercules figure is mounted on a hand-carved and hand-polished Italian green marble base.

.' - Caption above the image reads: "Ne Hercules quidem adversus duos" (Not even Hercules fights against two).

Good pair of 19th century patinated bronze classical bronze ewers, the handles with busts of a bearded Hercules wearing a lion head headdress, ending in anthemions, the fluted neck o...

Each plate depicts diagrammed illustrations of famous sculptures from Classical Antiquity, specifically the Gladiator and the Farnese Hercules. The engravings are matted under glass ...

One theory suggests its origin lies in the myth of Hercules fastening the skin of the Nemean lion, slain during his legendary labors, around his neck.

Comparisons may be drawn with Mantegna’s Allegory of the Fall of Ignorant Humanity in the British Museum, as well as with the British Museum’s Hercules wrestling with Antaeus, attrib...

Italian Neo-classic architectural engraving in a black frame of a Greek Temple of Venus and Hercules (19th Cent)

Original electrical details include a bronze and ceramic E27 Edison screw bulb holder, two-part Bakelite Hercules isolator/connector switch and an original 1930s brown Bakelite three...

Omphale is pictured standing in front of Hercules, semi-clothed, jeering at him. She is leaning on his club and wearing the lion's pelt Hercules wore to commemorate his victory over ...

Jombert, 1755” The plates of this important study were mainly dedicated to anatomical studies, physiognomy and proportions, many taken from works by famous artists such as Raphael, G...

The cross is since then a sign for humility and sacrifice. The pillars of Hercules symbolize strength and the unknown. They stand for the club of Hercules.

Jombert, 1755” The plates of this important study were mainly dedicated to anatomical studies, physiognomy and proportions, many taken from works by famous artists such as Raphael, G...

Jombert, 1755” The plates of this important study were mainly dedicated to anatomical studies, physiognomy and proportions, many taken from works by famous artists such as Raphael, G...

The shoulder is applied with draped laurel garlands suspended between projecting masks of Hercules, each mask modeled with a bearded face framed by tied lion skin.

The cross is since then a sign for humility and sacrifice. The pillars of Hercules symbolize strength. They stand for the club of Hercules.