# Hercules the Archer

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## Artwork

- Artist: [BOURDELLE, Émile-Antoine](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bourdelle-mile-antoine-r570e6c401beba9>)
- Date: 1851-1900
- Technique: Bronze, 248 x 247 x 123 cm

## Commentary

This statue represents Hercules&#39;s fifth labour of the twelve which he had to perform. It represents the hero&#39;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.

## Related artworks

- [Large Tragic Mask of Beethoven](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bourdelle-mile-antoine-r570e6c401beba9/large-tragic-mask-of-beethoven-r3928f243c88350>)
- [Ludwig van Beethoven](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bourdelle-mile-antoine-r570e6c401beba9/ludwig-van-beethoven-r174c35b14dc2f3>)
- [Night](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bourdelle-mile-antoine-r570e6c401beba9/night-r795d42bd0b625f>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)