Johann Heinrich Meissner, Hercules and Venus
Johann Heinrich Meissner
born Konigsberg, Prussia (now Kaliningrad, Russia), 1700; died Danzig, Germany (now Gdansk, Poland, 1777
Hercules and Venus
around 1740
boxwood, walnut
31.2 x 7.7 x 7.4 cm
The Thomson Collection © Art Gallery of Ontario
Art of the Day
June 8, 2009