Hercules, having slain the dragon, being honoured with a crown of foliage by the Hesperides (after Pietro da Cortona)
Johann Friedrich Greuter (1590-1662)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
Unknown
Materials
Paper
Measurements
300 x 220 mm
Order this imageCollection
Stourhead, Wiltshire
NT 730754
Summary
Print, copper engraving, Hercules, having slain the dragon, being honoured with a crown of foliage by the Hesperides (after Pietro da Cortona) by Johann Friedrich Greuter (1590-1662). Engraving from which Rysbrack took the pose of his terracotta statuette of Hercules.
Marks and inscriptions
Hesperides sive malorum aurcorum culturaet usus
Makers and roles
Johann Friedrich Greuter (1590-1662), engraver (printmaker) Pietro da Cortona (Cortona 1596 – Rome 1669), artist