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Giovanni Battista Bottan

Hercules Fighting Cerberus

1651

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Giovanni Battista Bottan

Hercules Fighting Cerberus

1651

Physical Qualities Pen and brown ink, Sheet: 136 × 96 mm. (5 3/8 × 3 3/4 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Maria Lovell Eaton and Mrs. Charles R. Weld
Object Number 1932.73.68

Inscribed: Recto: lower center, in brown ink "Joan Batista Bottan. pictor / In Graz Anno 1652."; lower left, in brown ink, by a later hand (Eaton) "Roma 1843" Verso: center, in graphite, by a later hand (Eaton) "Roma 1843 / 98"

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Giovanni Battista Bottan

2000–2000

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