The Farnese Hercules
Artist:
Francesco Piranesi
(Italian, ca. 1756 - 1810)
Artist: after
Tommaso Piroli
(Italian, ca. 1752 - 1824)
Culture: Italian
Date: 1786
Medium: Etching on paper
Dimensions:
sheet: 25 1/4 × 18 1/2 in. (64.1 × 47 cm)
Credit Line: San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Merribell Maddux Parsons in honor of Dr. Jessica Powers
Object number: 2016.32.2
Inscribed: Inscribed, bottom center: Ercole in riposo opera Greca di Glicone Ateniese dissotterrato nelle Terme di Caracalla, / che si ammira nellAtrio del Palazzo Farnese. / A Sua Altezza II Sig. Principe di Hessenstein Governator Gente della Pomerania Svezzese / Feld Maresciallo dellarmata di SM. ii Re di Svezia & GrandEstimatore delle belle Arti
Inscribed and dated, lower right: Francesco Piranesi inc. 1782; Inscribed, lower left: Tommaso Piroli dis.
Not on view
In Collection(s)
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