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Hercules at the crossroads, hesitating between Virtue and Vice

after Carlo Maratti Italian
after Annibale Carracci Italian
1700–52
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Hercules at the crossroads, hesitating between Virtue and Vice
  • Artist: after Carlo Maratti (Italian, Camerano 1625–1713 Rome)
  • Artist: after Annibale Carracci (Italian, Bologna 1560–1609 Rome)
  • Publisher: Johann Jakob Frey the Elder (Swiss, active in Rome 1681–1752)
  • Date: 1700–52
  • Medium: Etching
  • Dimensions: Mount: 20 5/16 × 26 1/8 in. (51.6 × 66.4 cm)
    Image: 18 1/16 × 24 3/16 in. (45.8 × 61.5 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1953
  • Object Number: 53.600.863
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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