Serie de los trabajos de Hércules realizada por Zurbarán. Erasmus+ Searching for the Labours of Hercules

1. KA2 Searching for the labours of Hercules

2. FRANCISCO DE ZURBARÁN
● Zurbarán was born in 1598 in
Extremadura.
● His work blends the ease and simplicity
of everyday life with the mystical spirit of
the Spanish Golden Age. An
Approaching of opposite ideas as
human/ divine, celestial/ terrenal .
● He is known primarily for his religious
paintings depicting monks, nuns, and
martyrs, and for his still-lifes.
● Zurbarán gained the nickname Spanish
Caravaggio, owing to the forceful,
realistic use of chiaroscuro in which he
excelled.

3. ZURBARÁN'S WORKS
Buen Retiro Palace in 1637 — painting attributed to Jusepe Leonardo
In 1637 Zurbaran was called to Madrid to paint the
Labours of Hercules for the royal palace of Buen
Retiro. It was a strange work for a painter
specialised in monastic works.

4. HERCULES FIGHTS AGAINST THE LION
OF NEMEA.

5. HERCULES STEALS GERION'S CATTLE

6. HERCULES SEPARATES CALPE AND
ABYLA MOUNTAINS.

7. LERNAENAN HYDRA

8. CERBERUS

9. AUGEAN STABLES

10. ERYMANTHIAN BOAR

11. STYMPHALIAN BIRDS

12. CRETAN BULL

13. HERCULES FIGHT AGAINST ANTEO

14. HERCULES' DEATH