The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 18, 2025

Herakles the Archer

1908–9
(French, 1861–1929)
Overall: 59.5 x 58.9 x 26.7 cm (23 7/16 x 23 3/16 x 10 1/2 in.)
Location: Not on view

Did You Know?

The model who posed for this sculpture was Major Paul Gustave André Doyen-Parigot, an accomplished sportsman and military commander, who was later killed during World War I in the Battle of Verdun.
  • Milliken, William. "Sculpture." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 34, no. 2 (February 1947): 25-26. Mentioned: p. 25 www.jstor.org
  • The Persistence of Classicism in Sculpture. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 16, 1988-January 15, 1989).
    Baron Gros, Painter of Battles: The First Romantic Painter. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 8-April 15, 1956).
    Art, A Means to World Understanding. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 16-April 10, 1949).
    19th and 20th Century French Art and Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Loans. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 22-September 1, 1943).
    French Drawings and Watercolors from French Public and Private Collections. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (January 6-February 15, 1942).
  • {{cite web|title=Herakles the Archer|url=false|author=Emile Antoine Bourdelle|year=1908–9|access-date=18 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1939.62