Artist: Émile Antoine Bourdelle
Date: 1924
Museum: Museum of Fine Arts (Lyon, France)
Technique: Bronze
Surprisingly well balanced, and supporting himself on a rock that echoes the shape of his enormous bow, in this picture, Heracles performs one of his Twelve Labors. He must clear the region around Lake Stymphalia of the flesh-eating birds infesting its woods and attacking its people. The sculptor Antoine Bourdelle has accentuated his tensed muscles, emphasizing the hero
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