Hercules in gevecht met Acheloüs, Gilles Rousselet, after Guido Reni, 1620 - 1686

Title(s)

Hercules in gevecht met Acheloüs
Combat d'Hercule et d'Achelous (title on object)
Werken van Hercules (series title)

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-1941-261

Catalogue reference

• LeBlanc 53-56

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Artist

• printmaker: Gilles Rousselet (mentioned on object)
• after painting by: Guido Reni (mentioned on object)

Dating

1620 - 1686

Material

• paper

Technique

engraving / etching

Measurements

height 426 mm × width 295 mm

What

• while fighting with Hercules the river-god Achelous changes himself into a bull, or a bull-headed man

Credit line

• Purchased with the support of the F.G. Waller-Fonds

Acquisition

purchase 1941

Copyright

Public domain

• L'oeuvre gravé de Gilles Rousselet, graveur parisien du XVIIe siècle, Véronique Meyer, p. 172, cat.nr. 135
• Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes, contenant un dictionnaire des graveurs de toutes les nations, Ch Leblanc, dl. 3, p. 374, cat.nr. 53-56