Hercules Killing Hydra | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: R8836
People: Gilles Rousselet, French (1610 - 1686)
After Guido Reni, Italian (Bologna 1575 - 1642 Bologna)
Title: Hercules Killing Hydra
Other Titles: Original Language Title: Hercule tuant l'Hydre
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: 18th century
Culture: French
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/241882

Physical Descriptions

Technique: Engraving
Dimensions: Image: 38.7 × 28.5 cm (15 1/4 × 11 1/4 in.)
Plate: 43 × 29.6 cm (16 15/16 × 11 5/8 in.)
Sheet: 43.8 × 30.6 cm (17 1/4 × 12 1/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: John Witt Randall, bequest to his sister.
Belinda Lull Randall, gift to Harvard University, 1892. sister of John Witt Randall

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number: Le Bl. 53

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Object Number: R8836
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

A Kingdom of Images: French Prints in the Age of Louis XIV, 1660-1715, checklist, Getty Research Institute (Los Angeles, 2015), pp. 162-163, repr. as cat. 50 [not Harvard impression, related bibliography]

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R8836: Hercules Killing Hydra