Hercules doodt de hydra van Lerna, Michel Dorigny, after Simon Vouet, 1651

Title(s)

Hercules doodt de hydra van Lerna

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-OB-43.124

Catalogue reference

• IFF 17e siècle 130

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 240

Artist

• print maker: Michel Dorigny (mentioned on object)
• after painting by: Simon Vouet (mentioned on object)

Place

France

Dating

1651

Material

• paper

Technique

engraving / etching

Measurements

height 260 mm × width 197 mm

What

• the Hydra is killed by Hercules assisted by Iolaus, who sears the roots of the severed heads with burning brands; an enormous crab nips Hercules' foot

Acquisition

transferred 1816

Copyright

Public domain

• Inventaire du fonds français : graveurs du XVIIe siècle, dl. 3, p. 489, cat.nr. 130