François Lemoyne, « Cartel of the Apples of the Hesperides and of the Centaur Nessus », detail of The Apotheosis of Hercules, Salon d'Hercule (Hercules Room) of the Palace of Versailles
Cartel of the Golden Apples of the Hesperides and of the Centaur Nessus
the Boarthe Centaur Nessus

In the Second Cartel, apart from the Boar that Hercules brought alive to Euristheus,

One sees the Harpies and the Golden Apples of the Hesperides, on the other side is the Centaur Nessus, etc.

François Lemoyne, « Cartel of Diomedes », detail of The Apotheosis of Hercules, Salon d'Hercule (Hercules Room) of the Palace of Versailles
Cartel of Diomedes, eaten by his own Horses
Diomedes eaten by his own Horses

On the opposite side of the first Cartel, Diomedes eaten by his own Horses, which he fed with human flesh.

François Lemoyne, « Cartel of Mascot to the Golden Horns and Cacus », detail of The Apotheosis of Hercules, Salon d'Hercule (Hercules Room) of the Palace of Versailles
Cartel of Mascot to the Golden Horns and Cacus
the Mascot to the Golden HornsCacus suffocated by Alcide

The third Cartel represents on one side the Mascot to the Golden Horns, with the Horn of Abundance, and the other Cacus suffocated by Alcide.

All these Cartels are crowned by a big swap of oak leaves, supported by the Geniuses of Virtue.

This Swap, feigned of stucco, also-although the figures that surround the Cartels and Virtues, which characterize the actions of Hercules, reigns all along the perimeter of Attica, which is feigned of white marble, veined with purple brèche panels; (geology term. Black marble, mixed with white and yellow spots, derived from the Pyrenees and other places)

the coronation of hte attica is enhanced by gold, all being hold by the Corniche of the Salon.

This corniche is laying on twenty pilasters pairs of the most beautiful marbles, of the four most famous quarries of the Kingdom, with an exquisite choice;

namely, some marble called Dantin, some Vercampan, some Rancé and some white veined, whose bases and capitals are gilded, as well as the corniche and Door Jambs, etc.

The brilliance of this guilding and of that marble, which combines itself and gives to itself, so to speak, a mutual help, makes an so amazing than wonderful effect, and appear to be a trophy to painting, to which they serve as a ornement.