A sheet with various pen and ink study drawings. At left is a nude Hercules. At right are various annotations and sketches, including of a man wearing a plumed helmet.
A drawing of a nude Hercules standing contrapposto over the defeated Hydra’s body. In the background are sketches for other artworks including a winged woman drawing at the upper right.
A sheet with various pen and ink study drawings. At left is a nude Hercules. At right are various annotations and sketches, including of a man wearing a plumed helmet.
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Giovanni Battista Bertani

Double-Sided Sheet: Study for Hercules Victorious over the Hydra (recto); Study of Hercules, a Roman Soldier’s Head, and Ornament (verso)

Maker

Giovanni Battista Bertani (Italian, 1516-1576)

Title

Double-Sided Sheet: Study for Hercules Victorious over the Hydra (recto); Study of Hercules, a Roman Soldier’s Head, and Ornament (verso)
(verso) Study of Hercules, roman soldier's head, ornaments

Year

1557-1558

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

ink, chalk

Supports

Dimensions

45.7 x 30.5 cm (18 x 12 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Marks: Inscribed in pen and ink on verso: "Cinquantacinque camise de M. / vinti de ferig.o / quarantacinque camise de Madona"

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Helen M. Danforth Acquisition Fund

Object Number

65.078

Type

Provenance

… - 1965, Collection of Michael Jaffé, Cambridge. Sotheby & Co. Sales catalogue.

1965, Purchased by the RISD Museum at Sotheby’s, London on 11/11/1965, Lot 52.

Exhibition History

Italian Art in Celebration of Rhode Island’s Italian Festival; Seven Centuries of Italian Art
CRIA Benefit Exhibition
Apr 12, 1967 – May 21, 1967

Image use

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Public Domain This object is in the Public Domain and available under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

Tombstone

Giovanni Battista Bertani (Italian, 1516-1576)
Double-Sided Sheet: Study for Hercules Victorious over the Hydra (recto); Study of Hercules, a Roman Soldier’s Head, and Ornament (verso); (verso) Study of Hercules, roman soldier's head, ornaments, 1557-1558
Pen and ink with traces of red chalk on laid paper
45.7 x 30.5 cm (18 x 12 inches)
Helen M. Danforth Acquisition Fund 65.078

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