Hercules Slaying Antaeus – link to Hydra

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	The painting shows the mythical giant [[Antaeus]], son of [[Gaia (mythology)\|Gaia]], goddess of the Earth, being crushed to death in the arms of [[Heracles]]. Hercules was a Florentine hero, regarded as an image of the Florentine state – its ruthless and warlike spirit – which furthered its political and economic success.		The painting shows the mythical giant [[Antaeus]], son of [[Gaia (mythology)\|Gaia]], goddess of the Earth, being crushed to death in the arms of [[Heracles]]. Hercules was a Florentine hero, regarded as an image of the Florentine state – its ruthless and warlike spirit – which furthered its political and economic success.

	It is assumed that both this and ''[[Hercules Slaying the Hydra]]'' are miniature copies by the artist of two out of the three enormous (some 12 feet square) paintings on canvas of the [[Labours of Hercules]] commissioned from Antonio and [[Piero del Pollaiuolo]] by [[Piero di Cosimo de' Medici]] for the ''Sala Grande'' of the [[Palazzo Medici Riccardi\|Palazzo Medici]] in the 1460s, which have now been lost.		It is assumed that both this and ''Hercules Slaying the [[Hydra]]'' are miniature copies by the artist of two out of the three enormous (some 12 feet square) paintings on canvas of the [[Labours of Hercules]] commissioned from Antonio and [[Piero del Pollaiuolo]] by [[Piero di Cosimo de' Medici]] for the ''Sala Grande'' of the [[Palazzo Medici Riccardi\|Palazzo Medici]] in the 1460s, which have now been lost.

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	The painting shows the mythical giant [[Antaeus]], son of [[Gaia (mythology)\|Gaia]], goddess of the Earth, being crushed to death in the arms of [[Heracles]]. Hercules was a Florentine hero, regarded as an image of the Florentine state – its ruthless and warlike spirit – which furthered its political and economic success.		The painting shows the mythical giant [[Antaeus]], son of [[Gaia (mythology)\|Gaia]], goddess of the Earth, being crushed to death in the arms of [[Heracles]]. Hercules was a Florentine hero, regarded as an image of the Florentine state – its ruthless and warlike spirit – which furthered its political and economic success.

	It is assumed that both this and ''[[Hercules Slaying the Hydra]]'' are miniature copies by the artist of two out of the three enormous (some 12 feet square) paintings on canvas of the [[Labours of Hercules]] commissioned from Antonio and [[Piero del Pollaiuolo]] by [[Piero di Cosimo de' Medici]] for the ''Sala Grande'' of the [[Palazzo Medici Riccardi\|Palazzo Medici]] in the 1460s, which have now been lost.		It is assumed that both this and ''Hercules Slaying the [[Hydra]]'' are miniature copies by the artist of two out of the three enormous (some 12 feet square) paintings on canvas of the [[Labours of Hercules]] commissioned from Antonio and [[Piero del Pollaiuolo]] by [[Piero di Cosimo de' Medici]] for the ''Sala Grande'' of the [[Palazzo Medici Riccardi\|Palazzo Medici]] in the 1460s, which have now been lost.