Juno Suckling Hercules, Hebe Marries Hercules with Help of Minerva, Designed for Sala di Ercole e Ebe, Palazzo Gaddi, Forli.
date: label: Date
content: 1819
name: label: Designer
content: Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: At left, Juno seated in domed hall. She gives right breast to child seated upon her right leg. Minerva stands beside and looks on. Caption: "Giuonone allatta Erocle/ Minerva ne gode." At right: Minerva having put her left arm around Hercules, leads him to Hebe, whose right arm she takes. Hebe has joined hands with Hercules. Cupid led her to Hercules. A table with pitcher shown left rear, Hercules club leans against the pedestal of column in right rear. Caption: "Ebe sposa di Ercole con l'asistenza di Minerva."
place: label: made in
content: Italy
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Museum purchase through gift of various donors
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1901-39-3418
objectType: label: Type
content: figures
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and brown ink, brush and greyish-brown watercolor on paper.
label: Dimensions
content: 18.2 x 26.4 cm (7 3/16 x 10 3/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Mat: 35.6 x 45.7 cm (14 x 18 in.)