Hercules verslaat de hydra van Lerna, Charles David, after Frans Floris (I), after Cornelis Cort, 1613 - 1638

Title(s)

Hercules verslaat de hydra van Lerna
Werken van Hercules naar Frans Floris (series title)

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-1907-2057

Catalogue reference

• IFF 17e siècle 48-59

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Description

Linksonder genummerd: 5.

Artist

• print maker: Charles David (mentioned on object)
• after design by: Frans Floris (I) (mentioned on object)
• after print by: Cornelis Cort
• publisher: Pierre Mariette (I) (mentioned on object)

Place

print maker: France
publisher: Paris

Dating

1613 - 1638

Material

• paper

Technique

engraving

Measurements

height 220 mm × width 280 mm

What

• the Hydra is killed by Hercules assisted by Iolaus, who sears the roots of the severed heads with burning brands; an enormous crab nips Hercules' foot

Acquisition

purchase 1907

Copyright

Public domain

• Inventaire du fonds français : graveurs du XVIIe siècle, dl. 3, p. 331, cat.nr. 48-59