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Identification and Creation

Object Number
R8836
People
Gilles Rousselet, French (1610 - 1686)
After Guido Reni, Italian (Bologna 1575 - 1642 Bologna)
Title
Hercules Killing Hydra
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Hercule tuant l'Hydre
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
18th century
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/241882

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Image: 38.7 × 28.5 cm (15 1/4 × 11 1/4 in.)
Plate: 43 × 29.6 cm (16 15/16 × 11 5/8 in.)
Sheet: 43.8 × 30.6 cm (17 1/4 × 12 1/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
John Witt Randall, bequest to his sister.
Belinda Lull Randall, gift to Harvard University, 1892. sister of John Witt Randall

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Le Bl. 53

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Object Number
R8836
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
Permissions

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Publication History

  • A Kingdom of Images: French Prints in the Age of Louis XIV, 1660-1715, checklist, Getty Research Institute (Los Angeles, 2015), pp. 162-163, repr. as cat. 50 [not Harvard impression, related bibliography]

Verification Level

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