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Hercules

Maker

(artist)
1556-1629

(engraver)
1570-1634

(publisher)
1570-1634

Title

Hercules

Medium

medium : material : ink & support : material : paper

Dimensions

Height: 27.2 cm
Width: 19.2 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.2763

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Library, transfer, 1990

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

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Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Inscriptions

Inscription: Recto: Above the image, black ink: “AFFECTVS FACILIVS EXCLVDVNTVR QVAM EXPELLVNTVR. SENECA.”; Within the image, lower left corner, black ink: “Vaentius inuent. Pet. de Iode excud.”; Below the image, black ink: “Vir fortis et bonus, Cupidines malas // Si paffus ingredi fit ex incuria; // Nec Herculis Claua: nec AEgide foras, // Fugientibus Bonis, nifi aegre eiecerit. // Cest Home a faict entrer les mauuais Cupidons, // De les mettre dehors beaucoup il se recule, // Quoi qu'il se vueille aider pour s'enfuir les Bons // Du Bouclier de Pallas et Masse de Hercule.”; Mount: lower left corner, graphite: “O. VEEN”.

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