Antique Bas-relief with Bacchus and Ariadne (recto); Hercules Killing the Hydra of Lerna (verso) Battista Franco

Artist	Battista Franco Venice, 1510? – Venice, 1561
Culture	Italian
Place of production	Italy
Object type	print
Medium, technique	paper, engraving (recto), etching (verso)
Dimensions	292 x 422 mm (sheet, trimmed close to platemark)
Inventory number	7064
Collection	Prints and Drawings
On view	This artwork is not on display

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Inscribed on the recto at centre: ‘Batista franco fecit dal Anticho’, on the verso lower centre: ‘Batista francho fecit/Franco forma’ and numbered in pen and brown ink: ’79’

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