Hercules with Erymanthean boar

Hercules with Erymanthean boar

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
pen and brown ink on buff prepared paper
Measurements
39.1 × 22.2 cm (sheet)
Inscription
inscribed in pencil on mount: Bacio Bandinelli 1497 - 1559
inscribed in pencil on mount: Horace Walpole collection at the Strawberry Hill sale 1842
inscribed on the mount: Bartolomeo di Pagliola del Falcorino 1478-1517
Accession Number
1278.740-3
Department
International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1923
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Human Figures Religion and Mythology
Subjects (specific)
boar (species) full-length figures Heracles (Greco-Roman character) men (male humans) nudes (representations) Story of Heracles (Greco-Roman narratives)

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