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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