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The birth of Hercules: 3.I.22-74

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

The birth of Hercules
Scenes from classical mythology

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Lepautre, Jean
Publisher: Mariette, Pierre II

Entities

Categories

Description

Plate 10 in a series of twenty plates.

Notes

History note: Zaccaria Sagredo (1653-1729)

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1816) by Fitzwilliam, Richard, 7th Viscount

Note

State I, published by Pierre Mariette

School or Style

French

Techniques used in production

Etching

Identification numbers

Accession number: 3.I.22-74
Primary reference Number: 183134
BN Inventaire (17thC): 183 I/II
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 20 January 2012 Last processed: Thursday 7 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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