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Hercules Victorious Over the Hydra

(Italian, 1520–1582)
(Italian, 1516–1576)
1558 or before
Medium/TechniqueEngraving
DimensionsSheet: 35.3 x 21.7 cm (13 7/8 x 8 9/16 in.)
Platemark: 34.7 x 21.1 cm (13 11/16 x 8 5/16 in.)(with an obtrusion in the lower right margin for the Hydra's claw)
Credit LineHarvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession numberP1516
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
ProvenanceHenry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA November 1897
Giorgio Ghisi
1540s
Giorgio Ghisi
no later than 1575
The Man of Sorrows
Giorgio Ghisi
not later than 1575
Giorgio Ghisi
early 1570s
Giorgio Ghisi
early 1570s
Giorgio Ghisi
early 1570s
Giorgio Ghisi
early 1570s
Giorgio Ghisi
early 1570s
Giorgio Ghisi
early 1570s
Giorgio Ghisi
early 1570s