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Plate 4: Hercules resting, wrapped in the hide of the Nemean lion; to the left is the Erymanthian wild boar, the three-headed dog Cerberus, the hind of Ceryneia, and a harpy seated on a pedestal; from Imagines Farnesiani Cubiculi Cum ipsarum monocromatibus et ornamentis

after Annibale Carracci Italian
Publisher Giovanni Giacomo De Rossi Italian
1670–92
Not on view

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  • Title: Plate 4: Hercules resting, wrapped in the hide of the Nemean lion; to the left is the Erymanthian wild boar, the three-headed dog Cerberus, the hind of Ceryneia, and a harpy seated on a pedestal; from Imagines Farnesiani Cubiculi Cum ipsarum monocromatibus et ornamentis
  • Artist: Pietro Aquila (Italian, Marsala, Sicily 1650–1692/1700 Rome)
  • Artist: after Annibale Carracci (Italian, Bologna 1560–1609 Rome)
  • Publisher: Giovanni Giacomo De Rossi (Italian, Rome 1627–1691 Rome)
  • Date: 1670–92
  • Medium: Etching and engraving
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 10 7/8 × 18 1/2 in. (27.7 × 47 cm)
  • Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951
  • Object Number: 51.501.935
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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