Mythology & Putti
CHARLES NICOLAS COCHIN (1688-1754)
Hercules as the Deity of Eloquence
c.1725-30Chiaroscuro woodcut, printed from two blocks, on etched lines | 28.1 x 25.4 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851700
A facsimile of a drawing now in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (inv. no.WA1846.212); reproduced in reverse. The drawing, formerly attributed to Raphael, is now ascribed to his school. Lettered with title and production details. Published in Recueil Crozat, Paris 1729, plate 38. Other chiaroscuro impressions at RCINs 851701, 851702; a monochrome impression at RCIN 851703.
Creator(s)
Charles Nicolas Cochin (1688-1754) (etcher)
Vincent Lesueur (1668-1743) (wood cutter)
After a work by the school of Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)
28.1 x 25.4 cm (sheet of paper)
HERCULE GAULOIS, ou L'ELOQUENCE.
- Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
Subject(s)
- Language, Linguistics and Literature
- Literature
- Fiction
- Tales & legends
- Myths
- Tales & legends
- Fiction
- Literature
- Religion & Theology
- Religions and faiths
- Religions of antiquity
- Classical mythology
- Hercules
- Classical mythology
- Religions of antiquity
- Religions and faiths
Object type(s)
- visual works
- prints
- Language, Linguistics and Literature
Other number(s)
Ruland p.129 C.XIII.2
