Wheel of Affinities — Hercules Bringing Alcestis Back from the Underworld — Eugène Delacroix

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Wheel of Affinities

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Welcome. Every artwork orbiting this wheel shares a thread with “Hercules Bringing Alcestis Back from the Underworld”. Take your time, follow what catches your eye, and let curiosity carry you from one masterpiece to another.

How to explore

Drag left or right to spin the wheel.
Drag up or down — or scroll — to zoom in and out.
Hover an artwork to reveal its title and affinities; click to open it.

The eight directions: Each spoke is a kind of kinship — period, movement, vibe, topics, keywords, tone and main colour, plus “other” for the freer, more surprising matches.
Distance from the centre: The closer a work sits to the heart of the wheel, the stronger its bond with this painting. Works near the rim are looser, more unexpected echoes — often the most rewarding to discover.

period

movement

vibe

topics

keywords

tone

main color

other

period

Hercules Wrestling with Death for the Body of Alcestis — Sir Frederic Lord Leighton
Hercules and Alcestis — Eugène Delacroix, 1862
To the Rescue — Winslow Homer, 1886

movement

Hercules and Alcestis — Eugène Delacroix, 1862
Samuel appearing to Saul in the Presence of the Witch of Endor — johann heinrich füssli

vibe

The Infant Hercules Strangling the Serpents — Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1786
Hercules and the Hydra — Antonio del Pollaiuolo, 1475
Hercules and Cacus — hendrik goltzius, 1613
Christ Carried to the Tomb — Jacopo Tintoretto, 1560
Hercules Wrestling with Death for the Body of Alcestis — Sir Frederic Lord Leighton
HERCULE SUR LE BUCHER — reni guido (le guide)
Hercules and Alcestis — Eugène Delacroix, 1862
Christ Carried to the Tomb — Jacopo Tintoretto, 1565
The Raising of Lazarus — jean baptiste jouvenet, 1706
To the Rescue — Winslow Homer, 1886
Hercules as Heroic Virtue Overcoming Discord — Peter Paul Rubens, 1632

topics

Hercules and Alcestis — Eugène Delacroix, 1862
Hercules and Cacus — hendrik goltzius, 1613

keywords

Hercules and Alcestis — Eugène Delacroix, 1862

tone

Christ Carried to the Tomb — Jacopo Tintoretto, 1560
Hercules Wrestling with Death for the Body of Alcestis — Sir Frederic Lord Leighton
Hercules and Alcestis — Eugène Delacroix, 1862
Christ Carried to the Tomb — Jacopo Tintoretto, 1565
Hercules as Heroic Virtue Overcoming Discord — Peter Paul Rubens, 1632

main color

Front panel of a cassone — apollonio di giovanni (apollonio di tomaso), 1450
Christ Carried to the Tomb — Jacopo Tintoretto, 1560
Christ Carried to the Tomb — Jacopo Tintoretto, 1565
The Education of Achilles — Francesco Hayez
Hercules and Cacus — hendrik goltzius, 1613
To the Rescue — Winslow Homer, 1886
Air Sea Rescue — Stephen Bone, 1943
Job And His Friends — Paul Gustave Doré
Hercules and Alcestis — Eugène Delacroix, 1862
Les Joueurs d'échec, huile sur panneau, Détail The Players of failure, oils on panel, Détail — Honoré Daumier
The Infant Hercules Strangling the Serpents — Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1786
King Lear — Benjamin West, 1788
The Selling Of Joseph — Harold Copping
Hercules Wrestling with Death for the Body of Alcestis — Sir Frederic Lord Leighton
Hercules and the Hydra — Antonio del Pollaiuolo, 1475
The Raising of Lazarus — jean baptiste jouvenet, 1706
Hercules as Heroic Virtue Overcoming Discord — Peter Paul Rubens, 1632
Baptism of Christ — Joseph Ignaz Mildorfer, 1740
Elijah Fed by an Angel — Ferdinand Bol, 1660
HERCULE SUR LE BUCHER — reni guido (le guide)
The Cave of Despair — Benjamin West

other

Corrupted oil jerry crude oil — Banksy
The Rescue of a Soldier — henri meyer