Twelve Circular Medallions with Representations of the Deeds of Hercules
date: label: Date
content: 1758–1823
name: label: Designer
content: Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Top row: Hercules battling Hydra with torch. Captions written in graphite over medallions: Ercole ammazza lidra. Hercules strangles lion of Nemea. Caption: ercole amazza il leone nemeo. Hercules carries boar, ercole porta il cignale al evristeo. Hercules holds horns of bull Achelous, ercole vince il frume Acheloo. Hercules captures stag Ercole ammazza...la cerva. Hercules taking heavens on his shoulder, Ercole airta atlante. Hercules resting beside killed dragon, Ercole ucide il drage nel orti/ esperidi. Bottom row: Hercules strangling Antaeus, Ercole sofoca Anteone. Hercules slaying Hypolyta, ercole doma la Ammazoni. Hercules battling eagle for delivering Prometheus, Ercole libera Prometee. Hercules chaining Cerbenus, Ercole incatena il Gerbee. Verso: Nine medallions outlined, showing Hercules battling Hydra.
place: label: made in
content: Italy
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Museum purchase through gift of various donors
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1901-39-3321
objectType: label: Type
content: figures
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and ink, brush and brown- grey wash on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 33.5 x 43.8 cm (13 3/16 x 17 1/4 in.)