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Hercules and Hippolyte

Jean Pesne (French, 1623–1700)
After: Nicolas Poussin (French (active in Rome), 1594–1665)
1678

Medium/Technique Etching and engraving
Dimensions Sheet: 29.5 × 29.6 cm (11 5/8 × 11 5/8 in.)
Platemark: 28.2 × 28.3 cm (11 1/8 × 11 1/8 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession NumberB3013.4
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Robert-Dumesnil 39, ii/ii; Le Blanc 32, ii/ii
Marks Verso, lower center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Babcock Bequest (Lugt 207); verso, lower center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 1868)
ProvenanceWilliam Perkins Babcock (b. 1826-d. 1899), Boston, Paris; 1900, his bequest to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 12, 1900)