Allegory of the Labours of Hercules: PD.10-1992

Materials used in production

Grey wash
Brown ink
Brown wash
Black chalk

Components of the work

Support composed of paper ( laid down)

Techniques used in production

Drawing : Pen and brown ink, brown and grey wash over black chalk, on paper, laid down

Inscription or legends present

• Text: P:Cortona (in the hand formerly identified as William Kent's)
• Location: Verso

References and bibliographic entries

• Pietro da Cortona o della Pittura barocca page(s): 304
• 'Critique de Pietro da Cortona o della Pittura barocca' page(s): 50
• Old Master Drawings at Holkham Hall
• The Drawings of Cirro Ferri page(s): 219-220
• Eighteen Old Master Drawings From the Collectgion at Holkham Hall, Norfolk
• Roman Baroque Drawings c. 1620-c. 1700 page(s): 57
• Chefs-d' oevre du Fitzwilliam Museum de Cambridge; Dix ans d' acquisitions de dessins de maîtres anciens

Related exhibitions

• Exhibition of Old Master Drawings lent by the Earl of Leicester
• Old Master Drawings from Holkham collectetd by the first Earl of Leicester [1697-1759]
• Eighteen Old Master Drawings from Holkham; From the Collection at Holkham Hall, Norfolk
• Chefs-d'oeuvre du Fitzwilliam Museum de Cambridge
• Italian Drawings: Highlights from the Collection

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.10-1992
Primary reference Number: 7277
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Associated departments & institutions

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