Not on display

Hercules Picking the Golden Apples of the Hesperides

Battista Angelo del Moro (1514 - 1574)

Artist/Maker

Material / Technique

Pen and brown ink, bluish green wash heightened with white on greyish blue paper

Dimensionsh x w: Mått 28 x 17,3 cm

Inventory numberNMH 1442/1863

AcqusitionTransferred 1866 from Kongl. Museum (Carl Gustaf Tessin)

Other titlesTitel (sv): Hercules plockar Hesperidernas gyllene äpplen Titel (en): Hercules Picking the Golden Apples of the Hesperides Titel i inventariet (sv): Academi

DescriptionDescription: Inscribed on the old mount in pen and brown ink: Battista Zelotti and 2. Zelotti The traditional attribution to Giovanni Battista Zelotti was generally accepted until Ballarin showed that the sheet is a draft for a fresco by Battista Angelo del Moro on the facade of Palazzo Pindemonte in Verona.[Bjurström, It. Drawings, cat. no.1]

Collection

Geographical origin

Geogr. härkomst: Verona (Italy)

MaterialInk, Paper

TechniqueDrawing, Wash drawing