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Joshua Reynolds: Infant Hercules Strangling the Serpents  wikidata:Q21716927 reasonator:Q21716927
Artist
Joshua Reynolds  (1723–1792)  wikidata:Q194402 s:en:Author:Joshua Reynolds q:en:Joshua Reynolds
 
Joshua Reynolds
Description British painter, writer and art collector
Date of birth/death 16 July 1723 Edit this at Wikidata 23 February 1792 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Plympton London
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London, Plympton, Italy
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artist QS:P170,Q194402
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Title
English: The Infant Heracules Strangling Serpents in his Cradle
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre mythological painting Edit this at Wikidata
Description
307 × 297 cm
Date 1788
date QS:P571,+1788-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 303 cm (119.2 in) Edit this at Wikidata; width: 297 cm (116.9 in) Edit this at Wikidata
dimensions QS:P2048,+303U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,+297U174728
institution QS:P195,Q132783
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institution QS:P195,Q132783
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ГЭ-1348 (Hermitage Museum) Edit this at Wikidata
Place of creation United Kingdom Edit this at Wikidata
References Hermitage Museum work ID: 01.+Paintings/38698 Edit this at Wikidata
Source/Photographer Joshua Reynolds, 1788

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