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Drawing, Hermes in the Garden of the Hesperides, ca. 1781

This is a Drawing. It was created by Johann August Nahl The Younger and after Giulio Romano. It is dated ca. 1781. Its medium is lead pencil, pen and ink, brush and watercolors on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by George A. Hearn.

Its dimensions are

41.2 × 54.6 cm (16 1/4 × 21 1/2 in.)

It has the following markings

Watermark: C X I HONIG and vryheit in the scheme of Churchill 89; the legend begins above at left but the letters have wrong directions.

Cite this object as

Drawing, Hermes in the Garden of the Hesperides, ca. 1781; Johann August Nahl The Younger (German, 1752 - 1825); After Giulio Romano (Italian, 1499–1546); Germany; lead pencil, pen and ink, brush and watercolors on paper; 41.2 × 54.6 cm (16 1/4 × 21 1/2 in.); 1897-9-12

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