About the Artwork
Hercules Fighting Against the Trojans
1545
Hans Sebald Beham
1500-1550
German
Unknown
Engraving printed in black ink on laid paper
Sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 2 × 3 1/8 inches (5.1 × 7.9 cm)
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Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps
09.1S118
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Signed, in plate, lower right:[artist's monogram]
Inscribed, in plate, lower left: 1545 Inscribed, upper edge: HERCVLES MVLTIS BELLIS LACESSIT TROIAM Inscribed, in pencil, verso: [various notations]
Provenance
N.C. Perkins
Mrs. James E. Scripps (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Hans Sebald Beham, Hercules Fighting Against the Trojans, 1545, engraving printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S118.
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