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Hercules Relieving Atlas of the Globe
1678
Medium/Technique
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 27.2 × 26.9 cm (10 11/16 × 10 9/16 in.)(trimmed on the platemark)
Credit Line
Bequest of Mrs. Arthur Croft—The Gardner Brewer Collection
Accession NumberM18240
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Robert-Dumesnil 43, ii/ii; Le Blanc 36, ii/ii
Marks
Verso, lower center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Croft Bequest (Lugt 469)
ProvenanceGardner Brewer (b. 1806-d. 1874), Boston; 1874, by bequest to his daughter, Caroline A. Brewer (Mrs. Arthur Croft)(d. 1898); 1898, her bequest to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 1, 1902 (transferred from Library))