The drunken Hercules. Engraving by A. Campanella after A. von Maron, 1781.

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<p>"Hercules is garlanded with vine leaves and holds a skyphos in his right hand. He leans heavily on a boy who crouches under his weight, while obligingly holding Hercules's club over his own left shoulder"--Joyce, op. cit. p. 430</p>
<p>The Roman domestic mural painting of which this is a copy was situated in a room that which was dedicated to Bacchus and bacchic themes (Buti room D). Facing the painting was one of Bacchus and Ariadne, for which see the Wellcome Library catalogue no. 575577i</p>

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The drunken Hercules. Engraving by A. Campanella after A. von Maron, 1781.

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