Hercules and the Lernaean Hydra

Paris, Salon, 1876, cat. 1505. Paris, Exposition Universelle Internationale, 1878, Groupe I, Classe I, cat. 656. Paris, Galerie Georges Petit, Gustave Moreau, 1906, cat. 75. Lawrence University of Kansas, Profiles and Perspectives in 19th Century French Art, January 14-February 26, 1958, cat. 18. New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Odilon Redon-Gustave Moreau-Rodolphe Bresdin, December 4, 1961-February 4, 1962, cat. 178 (ill.), traveled to The Art Institute of Chicago, March 2-April 15, 1962. The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, The Past Rediscovered: French 19th Century Painting, July 1-September, 1969, cat. 62. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gustave Moreau, July 23-September 1, 1974, cat. 50 (ill.), traveled to San Francisco, Palace of the Legion of Honor, September 14-November 11, 1974. Kunsthaus Zürich, Gustave Moreau Symboliste, March 14-May 25, 1986, cat. 45 (ill.). Florence, Palzzo Vecchio, Gustave Moreau, 1826-1898, 1989, cat. 22 (ill.), traveled to Ferrara, Galleria civica d’Arte moderna, Palazzo dei diamanti, 1989. Heerlen, Stadsfalerij, Gustave Moreau, 1991, no cat. no. Mexico City, Centro Cultural/Arte Contemporáneo, Gustave Moreau sur legado, 1994-95, no cat. no. Tokyo, National Museum of Western Art, Gustave Moreau, March 21-May 14, 1995, cat. 23 (ill.), traveled to Kyoto, National Museum of Modern Art, May 23-July 9. Rome, Accademia di Francia a Roma, Villa Medici, Gustave Moreau e l’Italia, 1996, no cat. no. Paris, Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Gustave Moreau, 1998-1999, cat. 58 (ill.), traveled to The Art Institute of Chicago, October-April 1999 and New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, June 1999-September 1999.

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