Hercules, on the left and seen from behind, killing the Hydra of Lerna, aided by his nephew Iolaus, on the right (copy), from a series of six plates displaying Herculean subjects
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Portfolio: Six engravings of Herculean Subjects
Artist: Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio|Rosso Fiorentino|Jacob Binck
Artist bio: Italian, Parma or Verona ca. 1500/1505–1565 Krakow (?)|Italian, Florence 1494–1540 Fontainebleau|German, Cologne 1494/1500–1569 Kaliningrad (Königsberg)
Artist role: Artist|Artist|Artist
Artist nationality: Italian|Italian|German
Date: ca. 1520–39
Medium: Engraving
Dimensions: Sheet: 8 13/16 × 7 5/16 in. (22.4 × 18.6 cm)
Plate: 8 7/16 × 7 1/16 in. (21.5 × 18 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949
Accession year: 1949