About the Artwork
Judgment of Hercules
18th century
Giuseppi Zocchi (Artist) Italian, 1711-1767 After Pietro da Cortona (Artist) Italian, 1596-1669
Etching and engraving printed in brown ink on wove paper
Plate: 15 3/8 × 11 inches (39.1 × 27.9 cm) Sheet: 19 1/8 × 14 5/8 inches (48.6 × 37.1 cm)
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Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps
09.1S1279
Public Domain
Markings
Inscribed, in plate, below image, lower left: Pietro da Cortona. inv. et del: Inscribed, lower right: Gius. Zocchi. Sc: Inscribed, center lower margin: THE JUDGEMENT of HERCULES | Afte an Original | Drawing of Pietro da Cortona.
Provenance
December 1885, Kissam sale.Mrs. James E. Scripps (Detroit, Michigan, USA);
1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Giuseppi Zocchi; after Pietro da Cortona, Judgment of Hercules, 18th century, etching and engraving printed in brown ink on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S1279.
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