Caption

Sculpture of Hercules, Hercules, print, album page, Series number, 7, 98, Sculpture of Hercules leaning on his club and the skin of a lion., with a series of prints after the sculptures in the collection of Gerard Reynst., inscription: 'Vide lib. No. 4de fol. 10 ....', number: '43', printmaker: Hubert Quellinus, Antwerp, printmaker: Gerard de Lairesse, 1646 - 1670, paper, engraving, gravure, height 320 mm x width 198 mm, piece of sculpture, reproduction of a piece of sculpture, (story of) Hercules (Heracles), A detailed monochrome drawing of a nude male figure standing on a rounded pedestal, shown full-length with a muscular build and curly hair and beard, his head tilted slightly downward and turned to one side, one arm resting on a tall, carved column draped with a textured cloth and the other arm positioned behind his back, the figure's feet are flat on the pedestal and the surface of the pedestal and column show fine crosshatching and shading, the background is plain and light.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B30_130

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49.9Mb (12.1Mb) / 10.8in x 18.0in / 3235 x 5390 (300dpi)

Keywords

Sculpture Hercules print album page Series number 7 98 Hercules leaning club skin lion series prints sculptures collection Gerard Reynst inscription Vide lib No 4de fol 10 number 43 printmaker Hubert Quellinus Antwerp Gerard de Lairesse 1646 - 1670 paper engraving gravure height 320 mm x width 198 mm piece sculpture reproduction story of Heracles detailed monochrome drawing nude male figure standing rounded pedestal shown full-length muscular build curly hair beard head tilted slightly downward turned side arm resting tall carved column draped textured cloth arm positioned back figure's feet flat pedestal surface column fine crosshatching shading background plain light