Hercules Killiing the Hydra [plate CLXIII]

1704-1742

Louis Desplaces

Artist, French, 1682 - 1739

Anton Maria Zanetti I

Artist After, Italian, 1680 - 1757

Giovanni Bologna

Artist After, Flemish, 1529 - 1608

Louis Desplaces (engraver), after Anton Maria Zanetti I, after Giovanni Bologna

Attributed to

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 Number

    2015.142.2.2.103

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Associated Artworks

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Randon Claude

1704

Raccolta di Statue Antiche e Moderne (Vol. 2)

Various Artists, Domenico de Rossi, Paolo Alessandro Maffei

1704

Papirius Entreated by his Mother to Disclose the Secrets of the Roman Senate [plate LXII]

Randon Claude

1704

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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