# Hercules and the Hydra of Lerna

- By: Gustave Moreau (French, 1826-1898)
- Date: c. 1876
- Medium: Pen and brown and black ink and graphite, with touches of brush and brown wash, heightened with lead white, discolored, on cream laid paper prepared with a pale brown wash, tipped on blue laid paper, laid down on cream board
- Classification: Drawing and Watercolor
- Dimensions: 18.3 × 15.8 cm (7 1/4 × 6 1/4 in.)
- Culture: France
- Credit line: Purchased with funds provided by the Joseph and Helen Regenstein Foundation
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/100264)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/19bc2169-c12a-4d47-0b4d-cf5bea54bf3b/full/!655,768/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)