BOURDELLE, Émile-Antoine
(b. 1861, Montauban, d. 1929, Le Vésinet)

Hercules the Archer

1909
Bronze, 248 x 247 x 123 cm
Musée d'Orsay, Paris

This statue represents Hercules's fifth labour of the twelve which he had to perform. It represents the hero's fight with the Stymphalian birds. Bourdelle used an athlete as model for the figure which had a great success in the Salon of 1910.




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