Hercules Killiing the Hydra [plate CLXIII]

1704-1742

Louis Desplaces

Artist, French, 1682 - 1739

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of David H. McDonnell

  • Dimensions

    plate: 31 × 19.5 cm (12 3/16 × 7 11/16 in.)
    book: 49 × 38.2 × 3.5 cm (19 5/16 × 15 1/16 × 1 3/8 in.)

  • Accession

    2015.142.2.2.103

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Francesco Faraone Aquila

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

David H. McDonnell, Arlington, VA; gift to NGA, 2015.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

in plate lower left: Antonio Maria Zanetti delin.; lower right: Desplaces incise.; in plate across bottom: Hercole, che abbatte l'Idra colla Clava …

Wikidata ID

Q77259147

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