Hercules infans [graphic]

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Title: Hercules infans [graphic]
Creator: Frey, Jakob, 1681-1752, printmaker
Contributor: Carracci, Annibale, 1560-1609, artist.
Frey, Jakob, 1681-1752, publisher.
Published / Created: [approximately 1727]
Publication Place: Rom
Publisher: Apud Frey
Abstract: "The young Hercules wrestling with serpents."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1870,0514.1300.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Engraved after the painting, formerly owned by Sir Robert Walpole, that was subsequently acquired by Horace Walpole and kept in the Tribune at Strawberry Hill.
Mounted on page 156 of Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 12.
Annotation in a contemporary hand (possibly that of Horace Walpole) in lower left corner: The orig. was Sr. R. Walpole's.
Provenance: Sabin; August 1927. Strawberry Hill sale, viii, 33. London, 1123. Later owned by William Knight.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 19 x 15 cm
Language: Latin

Genre: Reproductions
Engravings Italy Rome 1727
Etchings Italy Rome 1727
Annotations (Provenance) 18th century
Material: etching and engraving ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Hercules (Roman mythological character),
Subject (Topic): Snakes
Subjects: Hercules (Roman mythological character)
Snakes
Italy > Rome > 1727
18th century
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership
Knight, William, -1847 > Ownership
Bull, Richard, 1725-1806 > Ownership
Curtis, Charles Constable, 1852-1936 > Ownership
Curtis, Edith Fanny Onslow, -1944 > Ownership

Access: Public
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