Terms and conditions of use
Hercules resting
(1670-1692)
plate 4 from the Imagines Farnesiani Cubiculi cum ipsarum monocromatibus et ornamentis series, published by Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi, Rome 1670–92
Medium
etching and engraving
Measurements
25.9 × 45.4 cm (image) (oval) 28.1 × 46.9 cm irreg. (sheet, trimmed within platemark) 45.8 × 71.1 cm (backing sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Professor Peter Tomory, 1991
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Rome, Italy
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Borea XXVII B.4 ii/ii
Edition
2nd of 2 states
Printing/Publishing
printed and published by Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi, Rome
Inscription
printed in ink l.l.: Annibal Carraccius pinxit in Ædibus Farneſianis
printed in ink l.r.: Petrus Aquila delineauit, et sculp·
printed in ink l.c.: Io. Iacobus de Rubeis formis Romæ ad Templū S. Mariæ de Pace cum priu. S. Pontificis.
printed in ink l.c.l.: Hic, qui dura sede, porrecto saxa leone, / Ille est ALCIDES, qui fera monſtra domat.
printed in ink l.c.: Queque tulit spectat, recubanti prælia vultu, / Setigerumque suem, tergeminumque canem.
printed in ink l.c.r.: SPHYNX monet ALCIDEN victis requiescere monstris / Dulcior est multo parta labore quies.
printed in ink l.r.: 4
Accession Number
P110.4-1991
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
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