"Who are you?" thundered the giant
Date1900
Artist
Howard Pyle
(American illustrator, 1853–1911)
Illustration CitationComplete Writings of Nathaniel Hawthorne: A Wonder Book for Girls and Boys and Tanglewood Tales, vol. XIII, (Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1900)
MediumBlack and white oil on canvas
Dimensions21 × 13 1/2 in. (53.3 × 34.3 cm)
frame: 27 1/2 × 20 in. (69.9 × 50.8 cm)
frame: 27 1/2 × 20 in. (69.9 × 50.8 cm)
Credit LineMuseum Purchase, 1912
Object number1912-133
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPAINTING
Label TextNathaniel Hawthorne's re-telling of ancient Greek myths, written for children, includes the story of Antaeus the giant. Here he gazes down from the mist to threaten Hercules, who has come to challenge him.
