The centaur Nessus being shot by Hercules while carrying off Deianeira. Engraving by B. Franco.

  • Franco, Battista, 1510?-1561.
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1500-1599
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11569i
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The centaur Nessus being shot by Hercules while carrying off Deianeira. Engraving by B. Franco. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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[Italy] : Franco forma

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1 print : engraving with etching

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[State before addition of "Batista franco fece dal antico."].

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Adam von Bartsch, Le peintre graveur, vol. XVI, Vienna 1818, pp. 132-133, no. 40 ("40. Hercule debout, décochant une flèche sur le centaure Nessus qui enlève Déjanire. Près d'Hercule, à la droite de l'estampe, est assis un homme tenant une corne d'abondance. Pièce gravée à l'eau-forte et au burin. Largeur : 14 p. 4 lign. Hauteur : 9 p. 2 lign. Les épreuves postérieures de ce morceau sont marquées à la gauche d'en bas : Batista franco fece dal antico. — Franco forma.")

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