Hercules in the garden of the Hesperides

For this drawing, Gimignani was likely inspired by Pietro da Cortona’s (1596-1669) design of Hercules and Flora (Berlin, Kupferstichkabinett), executed as a frontispiece for Giovanni Battista Ferrari’s Hesperides published in 1646. We are grateful to Professor Jörg Merz for confirming the attribution to Gimignani based on a digital image.