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Hercules (Study for a Sculpture)

Hercules (Study for a Sculpture)

(German, 1573–1633)
1614
Medium/TechniquePen and brown ink and wash on medium weight, moderately textured, beige paper
DimensionsSheet: 19.7 x 14.6 cm (7 3/4 x 5 3/4 in.)
Credit LineGift of Azita Bina-Seibel and Elmar W. Seibel
Accession number1996.450
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDrawings
InscriptionsLower left, monogram DH; On verso in pen and brown ink: inscription (including date)
ProvenanceH. Hamal (18c, Liege, Lugt 1231); probably sold 21 January, 1805 (Dir. F. L. Regnault); E. Desperet (1804-1865, Paris, Lugt 721); A. P. E. Gasc (b. 1817, Lugt 1131); C. Gasc (Lugt 542); sold 17 January, 1865, Paris (expert Vigneres); Sotheby's 14 January, 1992; Azita Bina-Seibel and Elmar W. Seibel, Boston; by whom given to the MFA, Boston (Accession date: January 22, 1997)
Woman with Two Pheasants (Autumn)
Woman with Two Pheasants (Autumn)
Hans Frederick Schorer
about 1635
Ornamental Border with Peasants Dancing (Design for a book illustration)
Ornamental Border with Peasants Dancing (Design for a book illustration)
Niclas Stör
1524
Bear holding Coat-of-Arms with Fleurs-de-lis:
Bear holding Coat-of-Arms with Fleurs-de-lis:
Unidentified artist, Swiss, 16th century
16th century
Alpine Landscape
Alpine Landscape
F. Kobell
19th century
Landscape with Figures on a Road
Landscape with Figures on a Road
Jan van de Velde II
early 17th century
Bust of a Woman, head on hand
Bust of a Woman, head on hand
Charles Émile Jacque
1863
Untitled (Circus Wagon)
Louise Nevelson
1953–55
Sheet of Figure Studies
Sheet of Figure Studies
Thomas Sully
1830–39
Beach with Sun Drawing Water
Beach with Sun Drawing Water
William Trost Richards
1872
Young Girl in an Apron
Young Girl in an Apron
Vincent van Gogh
1883
Title page
Disparate Femenino (Feminine Folly); from a set of "Disparates" [also known as "Proverbios",] plate 1
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched about 1815–19; printed about 1848-1854
Disparate Ridiculo (Ridiculous Folly); from a set of "Disparates" series [published as the Proverbios] , plate 3
Disparate Ridiculo (Ridiculous Folly); from a set of "Disparates" series [published as the Proverbios] , plate 3
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched about 1815–19; printed about 1848