Hercules Slaying the Hydra, from the Hercules Fountain in Augsburg

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Hercules Slaying the Hydra, from the Hercules Fountain in Augsburg

c. 1602

Jan Harmensz. Muller (Dutch, 1571–1628) After a sculpture by Adriaen de Vries (Dutch, 1556–1626)

Muller's engraving style, with its swelling and tapering lines that define form without outlines, is especially well suited to rendering the dynamic sculptural form of Adriaen de Vries's monument, a fountain statue that itself animates its ancient prototypes--as if the Farnese Hercules had sprung into action.

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Object Details

Titles:

Hercules Slaying the Hydra, from the Hercules Fountain in Augsburg

Date:

c. 1602

Artists:

Jan Harmensz. Muller (Dutch, 1571–1628) After a sculpture by Adriaen de Vries (Dutch, 1556–1626)

Medium:

Engraving

Dimensions:

Plate: 19 15/16 x 14 3/16 inches (50.7 x 36.1 cm) Sheet: 20 1/4 x 14 5/16 inches (51.5 x 36.3 cm)

Classification:

Prints

Credit Line:

The Muriel and Philip Berman Gift, acquired from the John S. Phillips bequest of 1876 to the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, with funds contributed by Muriel and Philip Berman, gifts (by exchange) of Lisa Norris Elkins, Bryant W. Langston, Samuel S. White 3rd and Vera White, with additional funds contributed by John Howard McFadden, Jr., Thomas Skelton Harrison, and the Philip H. and A.S.W. Rosenbach Foundation, 1985

Accession Number:

1985-52-34439

Geography:

Made in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Europe

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