Infant Hercules asleep

Parmigianino (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola)|Wenceslaus Hollar

1625–77 · Etching; third state of four, the plate is reduced in size in this state · Drawings and Prints

Infant Hercules asleep; lying naked on a cloak, head to right, among leafy branches under tree, his club between his legs; two birds perched above his head, after Parmigianino

Artist

Parmigianino (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola)|Wenceslaus Hollar

Date

1625–77

Medium

Etching; third state of four, the plate is reduced in size in this state

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959