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Hercules Chasing Avarice from the Temple of the Muses (Version A)
Hercules Chasing Avarice from the Temple of the Muses (Version A)

Hercules Chasing Avarice from the Temple of the Muses (Version A)

Ugo da Carpi (Italian, active about 1502–1532)
Baldassare Peruzzi (Italian, 1481–1536)
about 1517–18
Medium/TechniqueChiaroscuro woodcut, printed from two blocks in gray-green and black
DimensionsSheet: 30.4 x 23 cm (11 15/16 x 9 1/16 in.)
Image (borderline): 30.2 x 22.8 cm (11 7/8 x 9 in.)
Credit LineHelen and Alice Colburn Fund
Accession number20.5435
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
ProvenanceNovember 1, 1920, sold by P. and D. Colnaghi and Co., Ltd., London, to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 7, 2017)
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