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Hercules Supporting the World on Behalf of Atlas (from The Labors of Hercules series, 1 of 10 plates)
Cornelis Cort (Netherlandish, 1533–1578)
Designed by: Frans Floris (Netherlandish, 1519 or 1520–1570)
Designed by: Frans Floris (Netherlandish, 1519 or 1520–1570)
1563
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 22.1 x 28.5 cm (8 11/16 x 11 1/4 in.)(trimmed within the platemark)
Credit Line
Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession NumberB1059
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish, vol. VI, F. Floris) 47-56 [series]; Bierens de Haan 181, ii/iii; Hollstein 181, ii/iii; Illustrated Bartsch 181; New Hollstein 181, ii/iv
series, 1 of 10 plates (New Hollstein 172-181)
Marks
Watermark (yes, but not yet identified); verso, lower right, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Babcock Bequest (Lugt 207); verso, lower right, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 1868)
ProvenanceWilliam Perkins Babcock (b. 1826 - d. 1899), Boston and Paris; 1900, his bequest to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 12, 1900)