# The Sanctuary of Hercules

- By: Arnold Böcklin (Swiss, 1827 - 1901)
- Date: 1884
- Medium: oil on wood
- Classification: Painting
- Dimensions: overall: 113.8 x 180.5 cm (44 13/16 x 71 1/16 in.) ; framed: 142.24 × 210.19 × 8.26 cm (56 × 82 3/4 × 3 1/4 in.)
- Culture: Swiss
- Credit line: Andrew W. Mellon Fund
- Museum: [National Gallery of Art](https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.55818.html)
- Rights: [Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://api.nga.gov/iiif/f5309c2c-13a0-41d9-89d6-9659ad0534ec/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)