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Mythology & Putti

Mythology & Putti

    HEN. FRENCH (ACTIVE 1717)

    Hercules attacked by a Serpent

    dated 1777

    Etching | 19.0 x 17.3 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851698

    A facsimile etching of a drawing attributed on plate to Raphael. With the collector's mark of J. Michiel Rysbrack (Lugt 1912) and an as-yet-unidentified stamp at lower right.

    • Creator(s)

      Hen. French (active 1717) (etcher)

      After a work previously attributed to Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)

    • 19.0 x 17.3 cm (sheet of paper)

      18.6 x 16.8 cm (platemark)

    • Added to 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
      • Natural Sciences & Mathematics
        • Zoology
          • Animals
            • Reptiles
              • Snakes
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