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Hercules and the Hydra

painting by Francisco de Zurbarán
VisualArtwork painting Q5906551
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Hercules and the Hydra

Summary

Hercules and the Hydra is a painting[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of painting entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Hercules and the Hydra is the creator of Francisco de Zurbarán[3].
  • Hercules and the Hydra's image is recorded as Hércules lucha con la hidra de Lerna, por Zurbarán.jpg[4].
  • Hercules and the Hydra's instance of is recorded as painting[5].
  • Hercules and the Hydra's genre is recorded as mythological painting[6].
  • Hercules and the Hydra's depicts is recorded as Heracles[7].
  • Hercules and the Hydra's depicts is recorded as fire[8].
  • Hercules and the Hydra's depicts is recorded as Hydra[9].
  • Hercules and the Hydra's depicts is recorded as combat[10].
  • Hercules and the Hydra's depicts is recorded as Iolaos[11].
  • Hercules and the Hydra's made from material is recorded as oil paint[12].
  • Hercules and the Hydra's made from material is recorded as canvas[13].
  • Hercules and the Hydra's collection is recorded as Museo del Prado[14].
  • Hercules and the Hydra's inventory number is recorded as P001249[15].
  • Hercules and the Hydra's location is recorded as Museo del Prado[16].
  • Hercules and the Hydra's Commons category is recorded as Hercules Fighting with the Lernaean Hydra by Francisco de Zurbarán[17].
  • Hercules and the Hydra's country of origin is recorded as Spain[18].
  • Hercules and the Hydra's catalog code is recorded as [265][19].
  • Hercules and the Hydra's catalog code is recorded as 536[20].
  • Hercules and the Hydra's catalog code is recorded as 223[21].
  • Hercules and the Hydra's catalog code is recorded as 1130[22].
  • Hercules and the Hydra's catalog code is recorded as 1249[23].
  • Hercules and the Hydra's catalog code is recorded as 105[24].
  • Hercules and the Hydra's catalog code is recorded as 75[25].
  • +1634-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Hercules and the Hydra[26].
  • Hercules and the Hydra's main subject is recorded as Heracles and Lernaean Hydra[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

Hercules and the Hydra is the creator of Francisco de Zurbarán[3].

Why It Matters

Hercules and the Hydra ranks in the top 6% of painting entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

Related Entities

Francisco de Zurbarán Museo del Prado public domain Spain

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . museodelprado.es. Retrieved . museodelprado.es. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . museodelprado.es. Retrieved . museodelprado.es. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . museodelprado.es. Retrieved . museodelprado.es. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . museodelprado.es. Retrieved . museodelprado.es. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . museodelprado.es. Retrieved . museodelprado.es. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . museodelprado.es. Retrieved . museodelprado.es. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . museodelprado.es. Retrieved . museodelprado.es. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . museodelprado.es. Retrieved . museodelprado.es. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . museodelprado.es. Retrieved . museodelprado.es. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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