Mythology & Putti
WOLFFSHEIMER (ACTIVE 1803)
Hercules Driving Off the Cattle of Geryon
published 1803Etching | 17.7 x 22.2 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851856
An outline-etching reproducing a composition known through an engraving by Giulio Bonasone (RCIN 851855: after a design by Bonasone?). The present print credits Raphael as the inventor of the composition. Lettered with titles and production details. Published in C.P. Landon, Vie et Œuvre complète de Raphaël Sanzio, 1803, plate 372.
Creator(s)
Wolffsheimer (active 1803) (etcher)
After Giulio di Antonio Bonasone (c. 1498-c. 1580) (engraver)
17.7 x 22.2 cm (sheet of paper)
11.3 x 18.1 cm (image)
Hercule enlève les troupeaux de Gerion. / Herculus raybt die herden des Gerion. / Hercules carrying off the cattle of Geryon.
- 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.137 D.LIX.2
