Prospero Fontana / The Infant Hercules Strangling Serpents in His Cradle / 1532-1597

Prospero Fontana
The Infant Hercules Strangling Serpents in His Cradle
1532-1597
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Creator Name: Fontana, Prospero
Creator Qualifier: Attributed to
Creator Nationality: European; Southern European; Italian
Creator Role: Artist
Creator Dates/Places: Italian; 1512-1597
Creator Name-CRT: Prospero Fontana
Title: The Infant Hercules Strangling Serpents in His Cradle
Title Type: preferred
View: Full View
Creation Start Date: 1532
Creation End Date: 1597
Creation Date: 1532-1597
Creation Place: Europe,Italy
Object Type: Drawings and Watercolors
Classification Term: ink with wash
Classification Term: Drawing
Classification Term: Prints and Drawings
Materials and Techniques: Pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash, on tan laid paper.
Dimensions: Height: 168 mm., Width: 128 mm.
AMICA Contributor: The Art Institute of Chicago
Owner Location: Chicago, Illinois, USA
ID Number: 1922.934R
Credit Line: The Art Institute of Chicago, The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection
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AMICA ID: AIC_.1922.934R
AMICA Library Year: 2001
Media Metadata Rights: Copyright The Art Institute of Chicago, 2000

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