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Hercules Victorious Over the Hydra

Giorgio Ghisi (Italian, 1520–1582)
After: Giovanni Battista Bertani (Italian, 1516–1576)
1558 or before

Medium/Technique Engraving
Dimensions Sheet: 35.3 x 21.7 cm (13 7/8 x 8 9/16 in.)
Platemark: 34.7 x 21.1 cm (13 11/16 x 8 5/16 in.)(with an obtrusion in the lower right margin for the Hydra's claw)
Credit Line Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP1516
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Bartsch 44; Boorsch and Lewis 24, only state; Bellini 34, only state
Marks Verso, bottom right, stamped in red ink, the mark of Henry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); verso, lower right, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Harvey D. Parker Collection (Lugt 1870)
ProvenanceHenry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA November 1897