Hercules Killiing the Hydra [plate CLXIII]
1704-1742
Artist, French, 1682 - 1739
Artwork overview
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Medium
etching on laid paper
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Credit Line
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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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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