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Hercules, wearing a lion skin, raising his club to kill the the three-headed dog Cerberus, from a series of six engravings of Herculean subjects

Possibly by Jacob Binck German
After Rosso Fiorentino Italian
ca. 1520–39
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Hercules, wearing a lion skin, raising his club to kill the the three-headed dog Cerberus, from a series of six engravings of Herculean subjects
  • Series/Portfolio: Six engravings of Herculean Subjects
  • Artist: Possibly by Jacob Binck (German, Cologne 1494/1500–1569 Kaliningrad (Königsberg))
  • Artist: After Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio (Italian, Parma or Verona ca. 1500/1505–1565 Krakow (?))
  • Artist: After Rosso Fiorentino (Italian, Florence 1494–1540 Fontainebleau)
  • Date: ca. 1520–39
  • Medium: Engraving
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 8 3/4 × 4 1/4 in. (22.2 × 10.8 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949
  • Object Number: 49.95.170
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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