Hercules Slaying the Hydra

Jan Muller Netherlandish

After Adriaen de Vries Netherlandish

ca. 1602

Not on view

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Title: Hercules Slaying the Hydra
Artist: Jan Muller (Netherlandish, Amsterdam 1571–1628 Amsterdam)
Artist: After Adriaen de Vries (Netherlandish, The Hague ca. 1545–1626 Prague)
Date: ca. 1602
Medium: Engraving; New Holl.'s second state of four
Dimensions: Sheet: 19 1/2 × 14 1/8 in. (49.6 × 35.8 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1956
Object Number: 56.597.48
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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