Frederic Lord Leighton

British, 1830 - 1896

The Garden of the Hesperides

Date: circa 1892



According to legend, the garden island of the Hesperides was where the daughters of Hesperus sang a lullaby to the dragon guarding the golden apples, which were later to be stolen by Hercules.

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