Hero Collection (page 18)

Perseus Holding up the Head of Medusa, 18th century. Artist: Francesco Solimena
Perseus Holding up the Head of Medusa, 18th century. Perseus, legendary Greek hero who slew Medusa, chief of the Gorgons. From the Department of Drawings, Musee du Louvre, Paris

Death of Marshall Turenne, 1675, (19th century). Henri de La Tour d Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne (1611-1675), one of Frances greatest military leaders, was killed at the Battle of Sasbach in Germany

Scene from the life of Bertrand du Guesclin, (19th century). Death of Bayard. Last meeting of Bayard and the commander of the armies of Bourbon

Combat between Roland and King Marsile, stained glass, Chartres Cathedral, France, 1194-1260. Detail from the Charlemagne Window

Roland breaks his sword and sounds his horn, stained glass, Chartres Cathedral, France, 1194-1260. Detail from the Charlemagne window

Garde Mobile - Officier, Siege of Paris, 1870-1871. Print from a series titled Souvenirs du Siege de Paris. After the disastrous defeat of the French at Sedan and the capture of Napoleon III

Hercules and Diomede, c mid 16th century (?). Artist: Vicenzo di Raffaello de Rossi
Hercules and Diomede, c mid 16th century (?). From the Room of the 500, Palazzo Vecchio, Florence, Italy

Choeur des Girondins, song sheet, Franco-Prussian war, 1870-1871. Patriotic song on the theme of the glory of death in the cause of the defence of France. From a private collection

Lord Nelson, c1797-1805. Artist: Sir William Beechey
Lord Nelson, c1797-1805

Hercules and Cerberus, c1634. Artist: Francisco de Zurbaran
Hercules and Cerberus, c1634. From a private collection

Miklos Zrinyi, heroic Croatian / Hungarian general, late 16th century
Miklos Zrinyi, heroic Croatian/Hungarian general, late 16th century. Miklos Zrinyi (Nicolas Zrinski) (1518-1566) was besieged in Szigeth by Suleyman the Magnificent and his army of 65, 000 men

Coal mining accident, Tynewydd Colliery, South Wales, April 1877 (c1885). Artist: William Heysham Overend
Coal mining accident, Tynewydd Colliery, South Wales, April 1877 (c1885). Volunteers digging through an obstruction to rescue colleagues trapped in flooded workings in the Tynewydd Colliery in

Heroic wireless operators, 1912. Top: sending SOS signals from the wireless room of the Titanic as the water rises. Bottom: the last minutes of the wireless operators during the Fez massacre

Robert Falcon Scott, British Antarctic explorer, 1914
Robert Falcon Scott (1868-1912), British Antarctic explorer, 1914. Portrait surrounded by vignettes of his fatal expedition to South Pole

Sarmatian Gold Plaque, from Siberia, Scythian tree of life, and resurrected warrior, 5th century BC. Representing the resurrection of a dead hero (Saka - Scythian culture. In Hermitage Museum

Japenese Netsuke, The Two Heroes, Benkei and Yoshitune, 19th century. Musashibo Benkei (1155-1189), popularly called Benkei

Sumerian Libation Vase Hero Gilgamesh, Bulls and Birds from Warka, Uruk, South Iraq, c2000 BC. British Museum

Terracotta Plague of the Hero, Gilgamesh, Old Babylonian, c2000BC-1600 BC. Gilgamesh is a demigod of superhuman strength who builds the city walls of Uruk to defend his people

Bellerophon and Pegasus, Roman Wallpainting from Pompeii, 1st century. Bellerophon was a great hero and slayer of monsters, alongside Cadmus and Perseus, before the days of Heracles

Dance-mask of Hanuman, Monkey-god hero of the Ramayana, Cambodia, 20th Century

Chariot of Diomedes, Detail from the Francois Vase, c6th century BC Artists: Ergotimos, Kleitias
Chariot of Diomedes, Detail from the Francois Vase, c6th century BC. Greek Vase signed by Clitias (painter) and Ergotimos (potter), c560 BC

Terracotta Flask with moulded medallion, Bellerophon killing the Chimaera, c300BC-c250BC. Made in Apulia

Hercules bring Cerberus to Eurystheus (sheltering in the large jar), c6th century BC. Vase from a Etruscan Tomb, at Villa Giulia, Rome

Atlas, Heracles and the golden apples, Athenian black-figure lekythos, c6th century BC. Herakles (Hercules) holding up the heavens for Atlas (on the right)

Giuseppe Garibaldi, Italian patriot, c1864. Garibaldi (1807-1882) was involved in the Young Italy movement and after a failed uprising in Piedmont in 1834 he fled first to France

Entry of Alexander the Great into Babylon, 331 BC, (18th century). Artist: Johann Georg Platzer
Entry of Alexander the Great into Babylon, 331 BC, (18th century). The city of Babylon (now in modern-day Iraq) surrenders to Alexander the Great (356-323 BC)

Alexander the Great, Macedonian king and soldier. In only 13 years, Alexander III of Macedon (c356-323 BC) conquered a vast empire stretching from the Mediterranean to India

Tunisian popular illustration of a hero versus an ogre. The hero, Sidi Ali fights the ogre Ras El K roul on horseback

Roman bronze statuette of Hercules with his lion skin and club, 1st-2nd century BC. From the British Museums collection

The Franks Casket, Anglo-Saxon, first half of the 8th century
A side panel of the Franks Casket, showing Romulus and Remus with the wolf, from the British Museums collection.Side panel from The Franks Casket, Anglo-Saxon, first half of the 8th century

Philoctetes aiming the bow of Hercules at Odysseus, 1790. Artist: Carstens, Asmus Jacob (1754-1798)
Philoctetes aiming the bow of Hercules at Odysseus, 1790. Found in the collection of the Staatliche Museen, Berlin

Hellenistic relief of a sacrifice at a rustic shrine of a god or hero and his consort, from the Munich Glypotek Museums collection

Achilles educated by the centaur Chiron, 1630-1635. Artist: Rubens, Pieter Paul (1577-1640)
Achilles educated by the centaur Chiron, 1630-1635. Found in the collection of the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam

The death of Achilles, 1630-1635. Artist: Rubens, Pieter Paul (1577-1640)
The death of Achilles, 1630-1635. Found in the collection of the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam

Thetis dipping the infant Achilles into the river Styx, 1630-1635. Artist: Rubens, Pieter Paul (1577-1640)
Thetis dipping the infant Achilles into the river Styx, 1630-1635. Found in the collection of the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam

Achilles recognized among the daughters of Lycomedes, 1630-1635. Artist: Rubens, Pieter Paul (1577-1640)
Achilles recognized among the daughters of Lycomedes, 1630-1635. Found in the collection of the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam

Alexander Nevsky, Grand Prince of Novgorod and Vladimir, 1855. Artist: Pyotr Shamshin
Alexander Nevsky, Grand Prince of Novgorod and Vladimir, 1855. Nevsky (1219-1263) won a series of victories against the invading Swedes and Teutonic knights, notably on the river Neva in 1240

Roman wall-painting of Theseus after killing the Minotaur, 1st century
Roman wall-painting of Theseus after killing the Minotaur, from Pompeii, 1st century

Marble portrait of Alexander the Great, Hellenistic Greek, 2nd-1st century BC. Earlier portraits of Alexander, in heroic style, look less youthful than those made after his death

Byzantine silk with a motif of a hero and lion, possibly Samson, from Alexandria, Damascus, or Antioch. From the Victoria and Albert Museums collection

Italian earthenware plate with an image of Hercules and the Cretan bull, 16th century
Italian (Verbino) earthenware plate with an image of Hercules and the Cretan bull, one of his twelve labours. from the Victoria and Albert Museums collections collection, 16th century

Akkadian cylinder-seal impression of a hero fighting a lion
Akkadian cylinder-seal impression of a hero (possibly Gilgamesh) fighting a lion

Akkadian cylinder-seal impression of a bull-man and hero. Each is holding a bull by the horns, and in the centre is a stylised mountain with a sacred tree on top

Babylonian story of the flood on a clay tablet, probably from Sippor, Old Babylonian, 1635BC. This is one of three tablets which contained the Epic of Ammisaduqa, hero of the Babylonian flood story

Statuette of Hercules resting
bronze statuette of Hercules resting, either a Hellenistic or Roman copy of the 3rd Century BC larger work by Lysippus

Italian bronze of Heracles, 3rd century BC
A bronze statuette of Heracles from Foligno, Italy, 3rd century BC

Greek terracotta relief of Bellerophon and the Chimera, 5th century BC
Greek terracotta relief of Bellerophon on Pegasus slaying the Chimera, 5th century BC

Roman copy of a lost Greek original bust of Alexander the Great, 350 BC
Roman copy of a lost Greek original bust of Alexander the Great (356-323 BC) of 350 BC, from the British Museums collection

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