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Identification and Creation

Object Number
G3083
People
School of Antonio Pollaiuolo, Italian (Florence, Italy 1431 or 1432 - 1498 Rome, Italy)
Title
The Battle of Hercules and the Giants
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1470s-1480s
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/280002

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
37 x 55.1 cm (14 9/16 x 21 11/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Francis Calley Gray, bequest; to William Gray, his nephew, 1856, gift; to Harvard University, 1857.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
ii/ii
Standard Reference Number
H. DI 2

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray
Object Number
G3083
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Edward J. Olszewski, "Bring on the Clones: Pollaiuolo's 'Battle of Ten Nude Men'", Artibus et Historiae (2009), no. 60, pp. 9-38, p. 13, fig. 3

Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 2540 Renaissance, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/01/2016 - 01/31/2017

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