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Giorgio Ghisi
Hercules Resting from His Labors1567

On view:
Geffen Galleries, Print Culture: After Raphael
Engraving of a muscular nude male figure reclining in a landscape, with a club, lion's head, and serpent nearby, and a detailed cityscape and mountains in the distance
Artist or Maker
Giorgio Ghisi
Italy, Mantua, 1520-1582
Title
Hercules Resting from His Labors
Place Made
Italy
Date Made
1567
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 10 1/2 × 15 1/2 in. (26.67 × 39.37 cm) Image: 10 1/2 × 15 1/2 in. (26.67 × 39.37 cm)
Credit Line
Mary Stansbury Ruiz Bequest
Accession Number
M.88.91.28
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings
Selected Bibliography
  • Bartsch, Adam von. The Illustrated Bartsch. New York: Abaris Books, 1978.
  • Boorsch, Suzanne; Lewis, Michal; Lewis, R.E. The Engravings of Giorgio Ghisi. New York, NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1985

  • Davis, Bruce. Mannerist Prints: International Style in the Sixteenth Century. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1988.