BENVENUTI, Pietro
(b. 1769, Arezzo, d. 1844, Firenze)

Hercules leading Alcesti to Admeto

1817-29
Oil on canvas
Palazzo Pitti, Florence

The decoration of the Hercules Room is subdivided into four large framed paintings on the walls - with Hercules at the crossroads, Hercules strangles the serpents, Hercules leading Alcesti to Admeto and the Battle of Hercules and the Centaurs - and ten monochrome frescoes below the vault featuring the Marriage of Hercules and Hebe fresco.




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