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Mythology & Putti

Mythology & Putti

      GIULIO DI ANTONIO BONASONE (C. 1498-C. 1580)

      Hercules Driving Off the Cattle of Geryon

      c.1520-70

      Engraving with etching | 29.1 x 44.7 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851855

      An engraving after a composition which Bartsch suggests may have been designed by Bonasone himself. Lettered with eight lines in verse. Signed by engraver at lower left.

      • Creator(s)

        Giulio di Antonio Bonasone (c. 1498-c. 1580) (engraver)

        After a work attributed to Giulio di Antonio Bonasone (c. 1498-c. 1580) (designer)

      • 29.1 x 44.7 cm (sheet of paper)

      • Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)

      • Subject(s)
        • Language, Linguistics and Literature
          • Literature
            • Fiction
              • Tales & legends
                • Myths
        • Religion & Theology
          • Religions and faiths
            • Religions of antiquity
              • Classical mythology
                • Hercules
        Object type(s)
          • visual works
            • prints
      • Other number(s)

        Ruland p.137 D.LIX.1

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