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Hercules killing the Dragon in the Garden of the Hesperides
Peter Paul Rubens and workshop
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17-02-2026
Peter Paul Rubens and workshop

Siegen, Westphalia (Germany), 1577 - Antwerp (Belgium), 1640

Peter Paul Rubens See author's file

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Bóveda de Palacio. Alcázar de Madrid.

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1635 1640 Canvas Oil Painting

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"The Fall of the Giants" from the Torre de la Parada (1636-1638)
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"The Fall of the Giants" from the Torre de la Parada (1636-1638)

The Prado in Irapuato, Mexico: “Las Meninas”
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The Prado in Irapuato, Mexico: “Las Meninas”

1:13:16 Rubens and Spanish Painting: On the Martyrdom of Saint Andrew
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Rubens and Spanish Painting: On the Martyrdom of Saint Andrew

Weekly sessions in English: "The Judgement of Paris", by Rubens (Ca. 1638)
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Weekly sessions in English: "The Judgement of Paris", by Rubens (Ca. 1638)

1:01:29 Dance
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Dance

1:06:30 The Painter and the Others. Technical and Artistic Relationships with Other Artists
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The Painter and the Others. Technical and Artistic Relationships with Other Artists

57:17 On the Threshold
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On the Threshold

1:17:58 Velázquez and Rubens. Seven Months Together in Madrid (1628–1629)
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Velázquez and Rubens. Seven Months Together in Madrid (1628–1629)

Weekly sessions in English: Modelli for "The Triumph of the Eucharist" series, by Rubens (1625-1626)
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Weekly sessions in English: Modelli for "The Triumph of the Eucharist" series, by Rubens (1625-1626)

Weekly sessions in English: "Orpheus and Eurydice", by Rubens and his workshop (1636-1638)
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Weekly sessions in English: "Orpheus and Eurydice", by Rubens and his workshop (1636-1638)

17:07 Live | The Restoration of "The Judgement of Paris", by Rubens
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Live | The Restoration of "The Judgement of Paris", by Rubens

Weekly sessions in English: "The Recognition of Phililpoemen" (Ca. 1609), by Peter Paul Rubens and Frans Snyders
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Weekly sessions in English: "The Recognition of Phililpoemen" (Ca. 1609), by Peter Paul Rubens and Frans Snyders

0:59 Cómo pintaba Rubens explicado en un minuto
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Cómo pintaba Rubens explicado en un minuto

6:23 Recreación de la técnica pictórica de Rubens y su taller en el cuadro "Mercurio y Argos"
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Recreación de la técnica pictórica de Rubens y su taller en el cuadro "Mercurio y Argos"

2:51 Summer Comes to an End, Rubens Arrives
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Summer Comes to an End, Rubens Arrives

Weekly sessions in English: "Equestrian Portrait of the Duke of Lerma" (1603) by Rubens
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Weekly sessions in English: "Equestrian Portrait of the Duke of Lerma" (1603) by Rubens

1:02:35 Landing in a Rubens Painting: Exploring ‘Het Steen’ (V.O.)
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Landing in a Rubens Painting: Exploring ‘Het Steen’ (V.O.)

1:02:35 Landing in a Rubens Painting: Exploring ‘Het Steen’
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Landing in a Rubens Painting: Exploring ‘Het Steen’

1:09:56 The role of oil sketches in Rubens' artistic practice (V.O.)
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The role of oil sketches in Rubens' artistic practice (V.O.)

1:09:46 The role of oil sketches in Rubens' artistic practice
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The role of oil sketches in Rubens' artistic practice

1:01:38 Rubens: The Myth of Venus and Adonis (V.O.)
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Rubens: The Myth of Venus and Adonis (V.O.)

49:58 Rubens as an interpreter of the mythological tradition (V.O.)
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Rubens as an interpreter of the mythological tradition (V.O.)

00:05:00 Rubens. Painter of Sketches
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Rubens. Painter of Sketches

00:02:26 Introduction to the exhibition: Rubens. Painter of Sketches
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Introduction to the exhibition: Rubens. Painter of Sketches

00:00:35 Preview: Rubens. Painter of Sketches
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Preview: Rubens. Painter of Sketches

00:07:19 The Three Graces
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The Three Graces

00:06:47 Commented works: Sight, by Jan Brueghel and Peter Paul Rubens
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Commented works: Sight, by Jan Brueghel and Peter Paul Rubens

00:08:08 Commented works: Atalanta and Meleager hunting the Wild Boar of Calydon, by Rubens
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Commented works: Atalanta and Meleager hunting the Wild Boar of Calydon, by Rubens

00:04:14 Rubens. The Triumph of the Eucharist
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Rubens. The Triumph of the Eucharist

00:03:04 Natural Histories. A Project by Miguel Ángel Blanco: The Veragua bull
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Natural Histories. A Project by Miguel Ángel Blanco: The Veragua bull

00:08:22 Restoration of The Triumph of the Eucharist, by Rubens
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Restoration of The Triumph of the Eucharist, by Rubens

00:01:57 Exhibition preview: Rubens. The Triumph of the Eucharist
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Exhibition preview: Rubens. The Triumph of the Eucharist

00:08:01 Prometheus Bound, Peter Paul Rubens and Frans Snyders, Philadelphia Museum of Art
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Prometheus Bound, Peter Paul Rubens and Frans Snyders, Philadelphia Museum of Art

00:06:47 Commented works: The Five Senses, Peter Paul Rubens and Jan Brueghel the Elder, (1617), by Alejandro Vergara
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Commented works: The Five Senses, Peter Paul Rubens and Jan Brueghel the Elder, (1617), by Alejandro Vergara

00:11:07 Commented works: El Duque de Lerma, de Rubens
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Commented works: El Duque de Lerma, de Rubens

00:13:38 Collections Plan. New Exhibition Axis
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Collections Plan. New Exhibition Axis

00:02:00 Commented works: The virgin and child in a painting surrounded by fruits and flowers
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Commented works: The virgin and child in a painting surrounded by fruits and flowers

00:02:24 Commented works: The three graces, Rubens (1630-1635)
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Commented works: The three graces, Rubens (1630-1635)

00:02:31 Commented works: Nymphs and Satyrs, Rubens (1615)
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Commented works: Nymphs and Satyrs, Rubens (1615)

00:02:26 Commented works: Saint George Battles the Dragon, Rubens (1606-1608)
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Commented works: Saint George Battles the Dragon, Rubens (1606-1608)

00:01:56 Commented works: Achilles discovered..., Rubens (1630-1635)
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Commented works: Achilles discovered..., Rubens (1630-1635)

00:04:50 Rubens 360º
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Rubens 360º

00:03:52 Summary of the documentary 'Rubens. The spectacle of life'
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Summary of the documentary 'Rubens. The spectacle of life'

00:02:02 Introduction to the exhibition: Rubens
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Introduction to the exhibition: Rubens

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Technical data

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Imagen del carrusel
Inventory number
P001711
Author
Peter Paul Rubens and workshop
Title
Hercules killing the Dragon in the Garden of the Hesperides
Date
1635 - 1640
Technique
Oil
Support
Canvas
Dimension
Height: 64.3 cm; Weight: 7.8 Kg; Width: 103.5 cm
Series
Bóveda de Palacio. Alcázar de Madrid.
Provenance
Royal Collection (¿Palacio del Buen Retiro, Madrid, pieza de consultas, 1772, nº 372?; Buen Retiro, 1794, nº 161; Palacio Real, Madrid, cuarto del capitán de guardias, 1814-1818, nº 161).

Bibliography +

Díaz Padrón, Matías, Museo del Prado. Catálogo de pinturas. Escuela flamenca, Museo del Prado; Patronato Nacional de Museos, Madrid, 1975, pp. 332.

Díaz Padrón, Matías, El siglo de Rubens en el Museo del Prado: catálogo razonado, Prensa Ibérica, Barcelona, 1995, pp. 1026.

Vergara, Alejandro, The Presence of Rubens in Spain., I II, A Bell & Howell Company, Ann Arbor, 1999, pp. 252.

Vergara, Alejandro, Rubens and his spanish patrons, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1999, pp. 132.

Harting, Ursula, Garten Und Hofe Der Rebenszeit Im Spiegel Der Malerfamilie B..., Himer Verlag, Munich, 2000.

Georgievska-Shine, Aneta Silver, Larry, Rubens, Velázquez, and the King of Spain, Ashgate, Surrey, 2014, pp. 103 fg.4.9.

Martínez Leiva, Gloria; Rodríguez Rebollo, Ángel, El inventario del Alcázar de Madrid de 1666. Felipe IV y su colección artística, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Madrid, 2015, pp. 324 nº 268.

Bianco, Anna lo, 'Rubens e la nascita del barocco. Gli artisti piú giovani e l'ereditá di Rubens' En:, Rubens e la nascita del Barocco, Marsilio Editori,, 2016, pp. 19-39 [31].

Paolini, C, 'P.P.Rubens. Ercole nel giardino delle Esperidi' En:, Rubens e la nascita del Barocco, Marsilio Editori,, 2016, pp. 200-201 n.47.

Other inventories +

Inv. Carlos III, Buen Retiro, 1772. Núm. ¿372?.
Pieza de Consultas [...] {14377} 372 / Hércules luchando con un dragon vara y quarta de largo y mas de tres quartas de caida = escuela Flamenca

Inv. Testamentaría Carlos III, Buen Retiro, 1794. Núm. 161.
Otra [pintura] de Rubens: Ercules matando la Serpte., de cinco quartas de ancho y tres de alto, con marco dorado...1000

Inv. Fernando VII, Palacio Nuevo, 1814-1818. Núm. 161.
Cuarto del Capitán de Guardias [...] {22202} 161 / Vara y cuarta de largo tres cuartas de alto, Hercules matando la hidra = Rubens

Museo Real de Pinturas a la muerte de Fernando VII, 1834. Núm. 272.
SALÓN 2º ESCUELA FLAMENCA [...] Dos cientos setenta y dos. Hércules matando al Dragón de las Hespérides / de Rubens / Lº / 3.120

Inv. Real Museo, 1857. Núm. 1232.
Escuela de Rubens. / 1232. Hércules matando al dragon de las hespérides. / Alto 2 pies, 4 pulg; ancho 3 pies, 7 pulg.

Catálogo Museo del Prado, 1873-1907. Núm. 1635.
1635.-(1232-M.)-Hércules matando al dragon de las Hespérides / Col. de Carlos II. Véase la nota al núm. 1633. / Alto 0,65; ancho 1,56.-L.

Inscriptions +

L.A
 Inscribed. Stretcher

161,
 Inscribed in white. Front, lower left corner

Numº. 1232. / Hercules matando la Ydra
 Handwritten label. Stretcher

Nº 1711
 Scrap of paper. Stretcher

M.N.PRADO / 001711
 On metallic tablet. Stretcher

1232
 Inscribed in orange. Front, lower left corner

Exhibitions +

El arte que conecta. Ceuta
Ceuta
06.05.2024 - 02.06.2024

On Tour through Spain
España
01.04.2024 - 08.12.2024

Pietro Paolo Rubens e la nascita del Barocco. Tokio
Tokio
16.10.2018 - 20.01.2019

Objects Speak. Collections of the Museo del Prado
Valencia
23.06.2016 - 25.09.2016

Objects Speak. Collections of the Museo del Prado
A Coruña
16.02.2016 - 26.05.2016

Objects Speak. Collections of the Museo del Prado
Santa Cruz de Tenerife
14.10.2015 - 16.01.2016

Objects Speak. Collections of the Museo del Prado
Cádiz
11.06.2015 - 20.09.2015

Objects Speak. Collections of the Museo del Prado
Zaragoza
04.02.2015 - 17.05.2015

Objects Speak. Collections of the Museo del Prado
Tarragona
17.09.2014 - 11.01.2015

Objects Speak. Collections of the Museo del Prado
Lleida
20.02.2014 - 20.07.2014

Objects Speak. Collections of the Museo del Prado
Girona
22.10.2013 - 26.01.2014

Rubens
Madrid
05.11.2010 - 23.01.2011

Gardens in the Age of Rubens
Mainz
15.03.2001 - 15.06.2001

Gardens in the Age of Rubens
Hamm
15.10.2000 - 14.01.2001

Update date: 17-02-2026 | Registry created on 28-04-2015

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