Hercules and the Hydras
John Singer Sargent
1922-25
Oil on canvas
347.98 x 317.5 cm (137 x 125 inches)
Courtesy of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (25.647
Commissioned by the MFA in 1916 for $40,018 (for 21.10500-21.10515), installed ceiling side aisle, Huntington Avenue stairway, 1925.
The MFA has two pencil studies for the painting (28.686 and 28.710)