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Hercules and Antaeus
Hieronymus Hopfer (German, active about 1528–1550)
After: Andrea Mantegna (Italian (Paduan, active in Mantua), about 1431–1506)
After: Andrea Mantegna (Italian (Paduan, active in Mantua), about 1431–1506)
Medium/Technique
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 13.4 x 8.4 cm (5 1/4 x 3 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP2111
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch 025 (II); Hollstein 29 (II)
State
II
DescriptionCopy in reverse after Mantegna.
Signed
Signed in plate, upper center: [hallmark]/I.H
Marks
Verso; H.F.S. [Henry F. Sewall; Lugt 1309]; MFA Parker stamp in purple, with accession number in ink: 2111.
InscriptionsInscribed in plate, at right vertically: DOVO.HERCVLI.INVICTO.; lower left: 204 [Funck number; the 4 in reverse]
ProvenanceHenry Foster Sewall (b. 1816 - d. 1896; Lugt 1309), New York; 1896, by inheritance to his son, Charles Sewall (b. 1848 - d. 1898); 1897, sold by Charles Sewall to the MFA [see note 1]. (Acquisition Date: October 21, 1897)
NOTE:
[1] Henry F. Sewall offered his collection to the MFA for purchase in 1888. That purchase was finalized and executed in 1897, one year after his death.
NOTE:
[1] Henry F. Sewall offered his collection to the MFA for purchase in 1888. That purchase was finalized and executed in 1897, one year after his death.