Artist: Rosso Fiorentino, painter, and draughtsman (1494 - 1540). Rosso is one of the most original and inventive painters of the first generation of Mannerism.
Engraver: Jacopo Caraglio (1500 c.-1565) Jacopo or Giacomo. An engraver of copper and hardstones, and later in life a gem engraver, goldsmith, and perhaps also an architect. By 1539 in Poland, where worked for the court until his death on 26 August 1565.
Title: Battle between Hercules and Centaurs. "Smelling the wine, Pholus's fellow centaurs arrive to discover Hercules drinking from their jar; failing to understand that wine should be mixed with water, they begin to drink it undiluted and then set upon Hercules in anger" (Getty's Archivea regarding Edme Bouchardon ).
Titled, Dated, and Signed in plate: Collector's Stamp in black P. von Baldinger verso (Lugt 212).
Dimensions: Sheet (trimmed to borderline) 8 5/8" x 7".
Date: 1520-1539 (1526-27, The Hermitage, St. Petersburg).
Materials and Techniques: engraving on laid paper.
Watermark: partially visible.
Provenance:
- P. von Baldinger (? - 1911). (Lugt 212).
- The Estate of George "Yorgo" Demetrakopoulos; professor, assistant director of the Medieval Institute, and assistant to the dean at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, from 1965-2000.
Condition: Old restoration of folds and tears. Stains. Remnants of hinges verso. The signs of aging are appropriate for the time. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Catalog Raisonne: Bartsch. Le Peintre graveur. T. XV. P. 86. No.47.
Part of: The Labours of Hercules (The Battles of Hercules from a series of six Herculean subjects).
Museums and Libraries: The British Museum 1866,0623.15.
Art Movements, Periods & Schools: Italian School XVI C.
Note: This entry incorporates text from Wikipedia and the catalog entry of a similar item from the British Museum collection.