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Infant Hercules asleep

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

Credit: Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1917

1625-77
Etching; third state of four, the plate is reduced in size in this state
14.9 x 11.9cm
17.50.18-160
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019

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