Philactetes Applies the Torch of Hercules to the Funeral Pyre
date: label: Date
content: 1780–1800
name: label: Designer
content: Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Philactetes shown at left in foreground, bow and quiver lie at right. Hercules still living lies upon burning pile.
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: 1901-39-3235
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 brown wash on light blue laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 17.5 x 20.8 cm (6 7/8 x 8 3/16 in.)