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Antonio Tempesta
Hercules and Acheloüspublished 1606

Not on view
Engraving on cream paper depicting a muscular man wrestling a scale-bodied, animal-headed creature, with a bull and griffin fighting to the right and three onlookers in the distance; Latin inscription below
Artist or Maker
Antonio Tempesta
Holland, Amsterdam
Publisher
Wilhelm Janson
Title
Hercules and Acheloüs
Place Made
Italy
Date Made
published 1606
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 4 1/4 × 4 1/2 in. (10.8 × 11.43 cm) Image: 4 1/4 × 4 1/2 in. (10.8 × 11.43 cm)
Credit Line
Los Angeles County Fund
Accession Number
65.37.165
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings
Selected Bibliography
  • Bartsch, Adam von. The Illustrated Bartsch. New York: Abaris Books, 1978.