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Hercules resting after his labor
Artist:
Date:
17th century
Location:
Not on display
Century:
Media:
Etching
Dimensions:
20 x 25.6 cm (image)
Department:
Object Type:
Country:
Continent:
Europe
Accession Number:
1963.30.30958
Acquisition Date:
1963-04-09
Credit Line:
Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts
In the wilderness. After a hunt. Strong, muscular, reclining male figure with tail. Grips long, pointed instrument (pick), club at his feet. Prey: dead boar and animal with antlers. Three wild dogs chained. Winged creature with tail, human face, animal body.
Contemporaneous Works “Art from the same century and country”
Statue of Female Figure (Sculpture in Farnese Palazzo) (17th century)
