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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Hercules Capturing the Erymanthian Boar
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.

Hercules Capturing the Erymanthian Boar

Artist Luca Cambiaso (Italian, 1527-1585)
CultureItalian
Date1527-1585
MediumInk, chalk, paper
DimensionsOverall: 13 3/4 x 11 in. (34.9 x 27.9 cm)
Overall, Mat: 22 x 16 in. (55.9 x 40.6 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number50.48.85
Not on view
DescriptionPen and brown ink drawing with brown wash. A naked Hercules fighting a boar with a club.

ProvenanceDan Fellows Platt, Englewood, N.J., d. 1938; Mrs. Platt,1938-50; Chrysler Museum Purchase, 1950 Exhibition History"Old Master Drawings," Nov. 1950, #18. Published ReferencesSPARK'S CATALOGUE, #118. "300 Years of Drawing in the Chrysler Museum," Nov. 1950, pg. 12, #5.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Luca Cambiaso
1527-1585
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Luca Cambiaso
1527-1585
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Frans Floris
16th century-17th century
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Hans Sebald Beham
1545
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
Antoine-Louis Barye
19th century
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Unknown
1500-1550
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Albrecht Dürer
ca. 1496-98
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Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo
ca. 1757
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Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo
after 1770
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Pier Francesco Mola
17th century