Hercules Besieged By Pygmies

Engraved by: Cornelis Cort (Netherlandish, 1533–1578)
Designed by: Frans Floris (Netherlandish, 1519 or 1520–1570)
Published by: Hieronymus Cock (Netherlandish, 1510–1570)

1562

Medium/Technique Engraving

Dimensions Sheet: 33.6 x 53.3 cm (13 1/4 x 21 in.)
Platemark: 32.9 x 46.6 cm (12 15/16 x 18 3/8 in.)

Credit Line Katherine E. Bullard Fund in memory of Francis Bullard

Accession Number2009.2801

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish, vol. VI, F. Floris) 57

Marks Watermark (yes, but not yet identified); verso, lower right, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 282)

ProvenanceMid-1980s to 2009, private collection, United States; via British agent to Hill-Stone, Inc., (dealers), New York; June 17, 2009, purchased from Hill-Stone by the MFA. Accession Date: June 17, 2009)