Hercules in gevecht met de Hydra van Lerna
Summary
Hercules, met knots boven zijn hoofd geheven, in gevecht met de zeskoppige Hydra van Lerna.
Printmaking in woodcut and engraving came to Northern Italy within a few decades of their invention north of the Alps. Engraving probably came first to Florence in the 1440s, the goldsmith Maso Finiguerra (1426–64) used the technique. Italian engraving caught the very early Renaissance, 1460–1490. Print copying was a widely accepted practice, as well as copying of paintings viewed as images in their own right.
Tags
prints
paper
etching
battista franco
hydra van lerna
high resolution
battle
engraving
rijksmuseum
italian art
Date
1520 - 1561
in collections
Source
Rijksmuseum
Link
Copyright info
Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication ("CCO 1.0 Dedication")