Studies for Hercules Holding a Club Seen in Frontal View, Male Nude Unsheathing a Sword, and the Movements of Water (Recto); Study for Hercules Holding a Club Seen in Rear View (Verso)
Object type: Drawing
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Leonardo da Vinci
Artist bio: Italian, Vinci 1452–1519 Amboise
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: Italian
Date: ca. 1506–8
Medium: Pen and brown ink; soft black chalk or charcoal (recto); soft black chalk or charcoal (verso)
Dimensions: 5-3/8 x 5-1/2 in.  (13.7 x 14 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit line: Purchase, Florence B. Selden Bequest and Rogers Fund, and Promised Gift of Leon D. and Debra R. Black, 2000
Accession year: 2000
Tags: Male Nudes|Hercules