Sculpture of Hercules leaning on the bull of Crete, Sculptures from antiquity, print, album page, Caption in Latin. Print is part of an album., inscription: 'Ende lib. No. 23. fol. 460. Ende lib. No. 20 fol. 43. 49 et lib. No. 4 ... folio 20 ... 16. Ende lib. No. 21. fol. 353', number: '68', Italy, 1600 - 1699, printmaker, paper, etching, engraving, height 224 mm x width 138 mm, This print is part of a series of at least 50 prints of sculptures from antiquity., piece of sculpture, reproduction of a piece of sculpture, (7) the Cretan bull is captured by Hercules, A black and white line engraving of a standing male nude with a beard and curly hair, shown from head to feet on a flat base; he has a muscular torso and relaxed posture, one arm hanging down holding a cloth that drapes over a large carved head beside him, while the other arm rests at his side; the carved head has stylized facial features and sits above another sculpted head on the base, and the man's feet are positioned near t...
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Sculpture of Hercules leaning on the bull of Crete, Sculptures from antiquity, print, album page, Caption in Latin. Print is part of an album., inscription: 'Ende lib. No. 23. fol. 460. Ende lib. No. 20 fol. 43. 49 et lib. No. 4 ... folio 20 ... 16. Ende lib. No. 21. fol. 353', number: '68', Italy, 1600 - 1699, printmaker, paper, etching, engraving, height 224 mm x width 138 mm, This print is part of a series of at least 50 prints of sculptures from antiquity., piece of sculpture, reproduction of a piece of sculpture, (7) the Cretan bull is captured by Hercules, A black and white line engraving of a standing male nude with a beard and curly hair, shown from head to feet on a flat base; he has a muscular torso and relaxed posture, one arm hanging down holding a cloth that drapes over a large carved head beside him, while the other arm rests at his side; the carved head has stylized facial features and sits above another sculpted head on the base, and the man's feet are positioned near these heads; crosshatching and engraved lines create shading and texture on the figure, cloth, and sculpted heads, and the image has a plain background with a narrow border around the scene.

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Sculpture Hercules leaning bull Crete Sculptures antiquity print album page Caption Latin Print part album inscription Ende lib No 23 fol 460 20 fol 43 49 et lib 4 .. folio 20 .. 16 21 353 number 68 Italy 1600 - 1699 printmaker paper etching engraving height 224 mm x width 138 mm series 50 prints sculptures piece sculpture reproduction 7 Cretan bull captured Hercules black white line engraving standing male nude beard curly hair shown head feet flat base muscular torso relaxed posture arm hanging down holding cloth drapes large carved head beside arm rests side carved head stylized facial features sits another sculpted base man's feet positioned near heads crosshatching engraved lines create shading texture figure sculpted heads image plain background narrow border scene

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