Hercules as the Deity of Eloquence

c.1725-1730

Chiaroscuro woodcut, printed from two blocks, on etched lines | 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.