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IMAGE INFORMATION

A large print of Hercules killing the robber Cacus, after Lemoine engraved by Laurens Cars

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

September 1777

Primary Source Reference:

Du Simitière Memorandum Books, Library of Congress, fol. 25r

Notes:

Etching and engraving by Laurent Cars (1699-1771), after François Le Moyne / Lemoyne (1688-1737), Hercules clubbing Cacus

The original 1717 wash drawing by Le Moyne, also illustrated here, is in the Louvre (Inventory number INV 30513).