Name: Antique Print-ROMAN MYTHOLOGY-HERCULES-CLUB-LION-PIG-Tinti-Dolcibene-1778
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Antique Print-ROMAN MYTHOLOGY-HERCULES-CLUB-LION-PIG-Tinti-Dolcibene-1778

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‘ERCOLE CON PORCO SUA VITTIMA TROVATO NEGLI SCAVI DI TIVOLI.’

– (‘Hercules with his victim, the pig, found in the excavations at Tivoli’). engraving of a sculpture/bas-relief showing Hercules standing in the center, holding the lion’s pelt and his club. To the left a bow and quiver of arrows, to the right the pig and a chalice.

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Description

(‘Hercules with his victim, the pig, found in the excavations at Tivoli’). engraving of a sculpture/bas-relief showing Hercules standing in the center, holding the lion’s pelt and his club. To the left a bow and quiver of arrows, to the right the pig and a chalice.

Made by Camillo Tinti after Vincenzo Dolcibene.

Medium: Etching / engraving. on hand laid (verge) paper. Watermark: FABRIANO (lettering).

Sheet size: 52.9 x 36 cm (20.83 x 14.17 inch). Image size: 49 x 31 cm. (19.29 x 12.2 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Light foxing. Light surface damage at bottom margins. Remains of tape from previous attachment. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

ROMAN MYTHOLOGY-HERCULES-CLUB-LION-PIG | DPO-PCO-B1-14

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Published in a series of similar prints, ca. 1780 (estimate). Exact source unknown, to be determined.

Biography engraver: Camillo Tinti (1738-1796) was an Italian engraver. Vincenzo Dolcibene (c. 1746-1820) was an Italian painter/draughtsman and printmaker.