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Hercules Resting (recto), 1595–97. black chalk heightened with white, squared in black chalk on right, incised (edges of figure).
black chalk heightened with white, squared in black chalk on right, incised (edges of figure) · Sheet: 35.5 x 52.4 cm · Cleveland Museum of Art
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- Museum title
- Hercules Resting (recto)
- Artist
- Annibale Carracci (Italian, c. 1560–1609)
- Date
- 1595–97
- Medium
- black chalk heightened with white, squared in black chalk on right, incised (edges of figure)
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 35.5 x 52.4 cm (14 x 20 5/8 in.); Secondary Support: 36.6 x 53.3 cm (14 7/16 x 21 in.); Tertiary Support: 38.3 x 55 cm (15 1/16 x 21 5/8 in.)
- Credit line
- Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Artist’s life 1560–1609
View in the AtlasGaller’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.