Hercules, engraving by Giorgio Ghisi (1520 — 15 December 1582) after Giovanni Battista Bertani, 1558. Title: Gli oscuri et dificili passi dell'opera ionica di Vitruvio. Di latino volgare et alla chiara inteligentia tradotti. (The dark and difficult passages of Vitruvian's Ionic work. From Latin vulgar and to the clear intelligentia translated.) Description: Book ; Ornament and architecture; Books ; Date: 1558 ; Medium: Printed book with woodcut illustrations and engraved frontispiece ; Dimensions: 15 1/2 x 10 1/4 x 11/16 in. (39.4 x 26.1 x 1.7 cm) ; Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art ; Current location: Drawings and Prints ; Accession number: 38.27 ; Credit line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1938.
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