# The Apotheosis of Hercules [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [TIEPOLO, Giovanni Domenico]() - Date: 1751-1800 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 102 x 86 cm ## Commentary The Apotheosis of Hercules c. 1765 Oil on canvas, 102 x 86 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid The painting is a sketch for one of the now lost frescoes destined for the ceilings of the Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg. The commission was apparently given to Giambattista Tiepolo, but executed in collaboration with his sons Giovanni Domenico and Lorenzo. This work belong to a period when Domenico' work closely follows that of his father. ## Related artworks - [Ball in the Country]() - [Carnival Scene \(The Minuet\)]() - [Cavalcade of the Pulcinellas]() - [Ceiling tondo]() - [Charlatan]() - [Charlatan]() - [Christ and the Adulteress]() - [Classical Figures Conducting an Antique Rite]() - [Exotic Figures]() - [Faith]() - [Falcon Pursuing a Flock of Finches]() - [Family Meal \(detail\)]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()