2626B

Hercules subdues the Cretan bull / Castaños subdues the French bull at Bailén

Artist: José Casildo España Porras (1778-1848)
Title: Hercules subdues the Cretan bull / Castaños subdues the French bull at Bailén
Date: 1809
Medium: Engraving. Plate 31 of Guatemala por Fernando VII el día 12 de diciembre de 1808. Attributed to Antonio Juarros (ca. 1775 – 1814). Published in Guatemala by Ignacio Beteta (1757-1827) in 1809.
Photo Source: Library of Congress Website
Note: In 1714, Bernard Picart engraved a copy, in reverse, of the source and published it in Amsterdam in the 1733 (Dutch) version of the Tableaux du Temple des Muses.
Item: 2626B