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Hercules and the Mares of Diomedes (Hercules assommant les chevaux de Diomède)

Maker

After
(artist)
1619-1690

(etcher)
1770-1828

(engraver)
1740-1813

Title

Hercules and the Mares of Diomedes (Hercules assommant les chevaux de Diomède)

Date of Production

1786 - 1808

Medium

etching and engraving
printed in black

Dimensions

Height: 42.2 cm
Width: 29 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.6987.2

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: Peint par C. Le Brun. //

Inscription: Gravé à l'Eau-forte par Lafitte. / HERCULE ASSOMMANT LES CHEVAUX DE DIOMEDE. / De la Galerie du Palais d'Orléans. (...) //

Inscription: Terminé au burin par J. B. Tilliard. //

Inscription: C. LEBRUN / Hercules and the / Horses of Diomede / Gall. Palais Royal, 1808. //

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