Mythology & Putti
CHARLES NICOLAS COCHIN (1688-1754)
Hercules as the Deity of Eloquence
c.1725-1730Etching | 27.4 x 24.9 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851703
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. This is a monochrome impression of a chiaroscuro woodcut plate published in Recueil Crozat, Paris 1729, plate 38. Other chiaroscuro woodcut impressions at RCINs 851700, 851701, 851702.
Creator(s)
Charles Nicolas Cochin (1688-1754) (etcher)
After a work by the school of Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)
Vincent Lesueur (1668-1743) (wood cutter)
annotation: [...]nd / 50 [front, lower right, in pencil]
27.4 x 24.9 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.4
