Hercules Killing the Lernean Hydra, from Scenes from the Life of Hercules

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Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Gabriel Salmon

Title

Hercules Killing the Lernean Hydra, from Scenes from the Life of Hercules

Place

France (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1523–1533

Medium

Woodcut on paper

Dimensions

Image/plate: 19.7 × 14.7 cm (7 13/16 × 5 13/16 in.); Sheet: 25.4 × 17.6 cm (10 × 6 15/16 in.)

Credit Line

Potter Palmer Collection Fund

Reference Number

1964.144

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