Hercules Killing the Hydra of Lerna, between 1500 and 1570

  • Gian Jacopo Caraglio, Italian, 1500-1570

Engraving printed in black ink on laid paper

  • Plate: 8 5/8 × 7 1/8 inches (21.9 × 18.1 cm) Sheet: 9 5/8 × 7 3/4 inches (24.4 × 19.7 cm)

Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps

09.1S236

December 1886, Bangs sale. Mrs. James E. Scripps (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Gian Jacopo Caraglio, Hercules Killing the Hydra of Lerna, between 1500 and 1570, engraving printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S236.