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Identification and Creation

Object Number
R8834
People
Gilles Rousselet, French (1610 - 1686)
After Guido Reni, Italian (Bologna 1575 - 1642 Bologna)
Title
Hercules Throws Himself Into a Flaming Funeral Pyre
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Hercule se jettant dans un Bucher Allumé sur le mont oeta
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
18th century
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/241898

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Image: 39 × 28.6 cm (15 3/8 × 11 1/4 in.)
Sheet: 43.1 × 30 cm (16 15/16 × 11 13/16 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. 56, And. 10d

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Object Number
R8834
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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