Caption
Sculpture of the young Hercules fighting a snake, Herculis pueri simulacrum Romae, Antiquarum statuarum urbis Romae quae in publicis locis visuntur icones, Ancient sculptures in Rome, print, album page, Caption in Latin. Print is part of an album., number: '16', printmaker, publisher, Rome, Italy, paper, engraving, height 222 mm x width 135 mm, This print is part of a set of 79 prints (title print) depicting ancient sculptures in Rome., piece of sculpture, reproduction of a piece of sculpture, early life, prime youth of Hercules, A monochrome engraved image of a muscular kneeling boy with curly hair, positioned on a round decorated base; the boy is shown nude and leaning to one side with one arm raised above his head as a large coiled serpent wraps around his raised arm and shoulder, the serpent's head visible near the top of the image and another portion of its body resting on the base; the boy's facial features are rendered with shading and crosshatching, and his torso shows detailed musculature; the round base beneath him is ornately carved with small relief figures and scenes around its side; the background consists of closely spaced horizontal lines filling the rectangular field behind the figure.
Credit line
Photo12/Liszt Collection
Reference
LZT26B30_473
License type
Rights managed
Available size
45.4Mb (11.9Mb) / 10.7in x 16.4in / 3224 x 4926 (300dpi)