HERCULES
after Rosso Fiorentino (Florence 1494 – Fontainebleu 1540)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1526
Materials
Ink
Measurements
215 x 112 mm
Collection
Saltram, Devon
NT 873018.2.17
Summary
(Folio 5, recto, lower right print) Hercules standing in a niche, wearing a lion skin and holding a club, viewed from behind, with his head turned to the left, From Mythological Gods and Goddesses.
Provenance
At Saltram by 1771 and thence by descent to Montagu Brownlow Parker (1878-1962), 5th Earl of Morley and given to NT as part of the Endowment following transfer in 1957.
Marks and inscriptions
18 bottom left: HERCULIS HEC FORMA EST GRAIIS CELEBRATA POETIS
Makers and roles
after Rosso Fiorentino (Florence 1494 – Fontainebleu 1540), creator Antonio Salamanca (1478 - 1562), publisher Giovanni Jacapo Caraglio, creator