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Hercules and the Giants, from Scenes from the Life of Hercules by Gabriel Salmon — VisualArtsDB

Hercules and the Giants, from Scenes from the Life of Hercules

Hercules and the Giants, from Scenes from the Life of Hercules

1523–1533

Medium: Woodcut on paper
Dimensions: Image/plate: 19.8 × 14.7 cm (7 13/16 × 5 13/16 in.); Sheet: 25.2 × 17.3 cm (9 15/16 × 6 13/16 in.)
Genre: woodcut
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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printprints and drawingwoodcut (process)woodcutpaper (fiber product)

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