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Hercules Playing Tambourine for Jole (from Galeria nel Palazzo Farnese...)
Hercules Playing Tambourine for Jole (from Galeria nel Palazzo Farnese...)

Hercules Playing Tambourine for Jole (from Galeria nel Palazzo Farnese...)

Artist Carlo Cesio (Italian, ca. 1622-ca. 1682)
Dateabout 1675
Dimensions9 1/8 x 8 5/8 in.
MediumEtching and engraving
ClassificationPrints
Credit LineGift of Irving E. Macomber
Object number
1964.3
Not on View
Label TextHercules Playing the Tambourine for Jole, from Galeria nel Palazzo Farnese in Roma(Gallery of the Farnese Palace in Rome) Etching and engraving, about 1675 Gift of Irving E. Macomber, 1964.3 The hero Hercules has relinquished his signs of power: Jole wears his lion skin cloak, tied about her neck with a knot, and grasps the wooden club that is his weapon of choice. Their legs are intertwined as Hercules plays a tambourine to amuse his lover. A smiling cupid, holding his bow, gazes at the couple mischievously. Cesio uses strongly engraved, curving, and cross-hatched lines to give the central figures mass and volume.Published ReferencesB. XXI, 25Exhibition HistoryTMA, The Dramatic Image: Baroque Prints of the 17th Century, February 25 - July 31, 2011.

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