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Boy Hercules tears apart the serpents sent by Hera, Jacob de Wit

Jacob de Wit

Boy Hercules tears apart the serpents sent by Hera

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Boy Hercules tears apart the serpents sent by Hera, 1732

Blatt: 182 x 169 mm

Inventory Number: 2015

Object Number: 2015 Z

Status: Request for presentation in the study room of the Prints and Drawings Department

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Title: Boy Hercules tears apart the serpents sent by Hera

Draughtsman

Jacob de Wit

Verso: Uninterpreted moving scene

Period Produced

18th century

School

Baroque

Object Type

drawing

Material

Technique

Geographic Reference

Netherlandish

Label at the Time of Manufacture: Signiert und datiert unten (mit der Feder in Dunkelbraun): JdWit F 1732

Captions Added Later: Verso bezeichnet unten mittig (mit der Feder in Hellrot): Jacob de Wit. f. / geb: Amsterdam 1695 / gest: Amsterdam 1754 / H: [unleserlich] / B: 6'/20 [?] / Ld [?] ~ N21'
Unten rechts Prägestempel einer nicht identifizierten Sammlung; verso unten mittig Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356)

Watermark: Vorhanden

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16.07.2025