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Hercules Chasing Avarice from the Temple of the Muses
Hercules Chasing Avarice from the Temple of the Muses

Hercules Chasing Avarice from the Temple of the Muses

Ugo da Carpi (Italian, active about 1502–1532)
Baldassare Peruzzi (Italian, 1481–1536)
about 1517–18
Medium/TechniqueChiaroscuro woodcut, printed from two blocks in yellowish-gray and black
DimensionsSheet: 30.6 x 23.3 cm (12 1/16 x 9 3/16 in.)
Image (borderline): 30.1 x 22.9 cm (11 7/8 x 9 in.)
Credit LineBequest of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession number64.1125
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
ProvenanceW.G. Russell Allen, Boston (1882-1955); his bequest to the MFA September 23, 1964
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