Hercules and the Boar of Erymanthus: Hercules holds down the boar's snout with his left hand and raises his club with his right hand, in the middle ground Hercules carries the boar on his shoulders, from the series 'The Labors of Hercules'
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Antonio Tempesta
Artist bio: Italian, Florence 1555–1630 Rome
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: Italian
Date: 1608
Medium: Etching
Dimensions: sheet: 5 1/2 x 6 7/8 in. (13.9 x 17.5 cm)
plate: 3 15/16 x 5 9/16 in. (10 x 14.1 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Accession year: 2012
Tags: Hercules|Boars