Hercules and Antaeus

c.1853-76

Albumen print | 28.5 x 17.1 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851841

A photograph of a drawing by Signorelli now in the Royal Library, Windsor Castle (RCIN 912805). Ruland (1876) correctly attributed the sheet to Signorelli and associated the figure of Antaeus in the drawing to that in an engraving by Marcantonio Raimondi (RCIN 851837).

Creator(s)

After Luca Signorelli (c. 1445-1523) (artist)
28.5 x 17.1 cm (sheet of paper)
Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
Subject(s)
- Language, Linguistics and Literature
  
  Literature
  
  Fiction
  
  Tales & legends
  
  Myths
- Religion & Theology
  
  Religions and faiths
  
  Religions of antiquity
  
  Classical mythology
  
  Hercules
Bibliographic reference(s)
no.29 (P&W : Popham, A.E. & Wilde, J., 1949. The Italian Drawings of the XV and XVI Centuries in the Collection of His Majesty The King at Windsor Castle, London)

p.164, under no.51 (entry by Innis H. Shoemaker) (Shoemaker/Broun 1981 : I. Shoemaker and E. Broun. The Engravings of Marcantonio Raimondi 1981 : Spencer Museum of Art; The Ackland Art Museum, 1981)

p.248, under no.VII.1 (entry by Stefania Massari) (Raphael Invenit 1985 : Bernini Pezzini, G. et al., 1985. Raphael Invenit. Stampe di Raffaello nelle Collezioni dell'Istituto Nazionale per la Grafica, Rome)

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