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Drawing, Juno Suckling Hercules, Hebe Marries Hercules with Help of Minerva, Designed for Sala di Ercole e Ebe, Palazzo Gaddi, Forli.

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Felice Giani. It is dated 1819 and we acquired it in 1901. Its medium is pen and brown ink, brush and greyish-brown watercolor on paper.. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of various donors.

Its dimensions are

18.2 x 26.4 cm (7 3/16 x 10 3/8 in.) Mat: 35.6 x 45.7 cm (14 x 18 in.)

It is inscribed

Written in ink: "Giuonone allatta Erocle/ Minerva ne gode." "Ebe sposa di Ercole con l'asistenza di Minerva."

Cite this object as

Drawing, Juno Suckling Hercules, Hebe Marries Hercules with Help of Minerva, Designed for Sala di Ercole e Ebe, Palazzo Gaddi, Forli.; Designed by Felice Giani (Italian, 1758–1823); Italy; pen and brown ink, brush and greyish-brown watercolor on paper.; 18.2 x 26.4 cm (7 3/16 x 10 3/8 in.) Mat: 35.6 x 45.7 cm (14 x 18 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors; 1901-39-3418

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