print
- Museum number
- 1911,0517.47
- Description
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Hercules rescuing Prometheus who is chained to a rock by killing Zeus's eagle with an arrow; calm sea to right; remarque showing the infant Hercules wrestling with snakes; state before letters. 1910
Etching with drypoint
- Production date
- 1910
- Dimensions
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Height: 596 millimetres
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Width: 796 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- The lettered state was published as the 'Jahresgabe' (annual gift) by the Gesellschaft für Vervielfältigende Kunst in 1916. See: 'Rudolph Jettmar; Bilder von hellen und dunklen Mythen', Exhibition catalogue, Historisches Museum der Stadt Wien, 1989, cat. 117
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1911
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1911,0517.47