DrawingsItalian16th century

Hercules

16th century

Artists

Luca CambiasoArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink on cream antique laid paper darkened to brown

Culture

Italian

Century

16th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

27.5 × 15.1 cm (10 13/16 × 5 15/16 in.)

Provenance

Therese Kuhn Straus (Mrs. Herbert N. Straus), New York, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1938

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