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Hercules Slaying the Hydra

(French, 1600–1636/38)
(Netherlandish, 1519 or 1520–1570)
(French, about 1603–1657)
about 1625-1635
Medium/TechniqueEngraving
DimensionsSheet: 22.6 x 28.8 cm (8 7/8 x 11 5/16 in.)
Platemark: 22.1 x 28.1 cm (8 11/16 x 11 1/16 in.)
Credit LineBequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession numberB1164.2
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ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsEngraved in the plate, bottom left, the number "5"
ProvenanceWilliam Perkins Babcock, Boston, Paris (1826-1899); his bequest to the MFA June 12, 1900
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