Hercules Fighting a Serpent-Legged Giant
Jean Pesne
(French, 1623–1700)
Nicolas Poussin
(French (active in Rome), 1594–1665)
1678
Medium/TechniqueEtching and engraving
DimensionsSheet: 28.4 × 26.9 cm (11 3/16 × 10 9/16 in.)(with 3-4 mm margin at the bottom; trimmed on the platemark on the other three sides)
Credit LineBequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession numberB3013.6
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ProvenanceWilliam Perkins Babcock (b. 1826-d. 1899), Boston, Paris; 1900, his bequest to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 12, 1900)