2627A

Hercules fights the Lernean Hydra (Met. IX: 1-88)

Artist: Cornelis Bloemaert II (1603 – ca. 1684)
Title: Hercules fights the Lernean Hydra (Met. IX: 1-88)
Date: 1655
Medium: Engraving. After Abraham van Diepenbeeck (1596 - 1675). Plate 23 of Michel de Marolles (1600-1681), Tableaux du Temple des Muses. Published in Paris in 1655 chez Nicolas L'Anglois, ruë Sainct Iacques, aux Colomnes d'Hercule.
Photo Source: Getty Research Institute / Internet Archive
Item: 2627A