DIANA SCULTORI (1536-1588)

This print depicts the Roman gilt bronze statue of Hercules with the Golden Apples of Hesperides, now at the Museo dei' Conservatori, Musei Capitolini, in Rome. The monumental statue is known as the Capitoline Hercules or the Hercules of the Foro Boario, where is was orginally situated. It is dated to the 2nd century BC and thought to be based on a Greek original of the 4th century BC.

Claudio Duchetti was the nephew of the publisher Antonio Lafreri, and inherited half of his plates in 1577.