About the Artwork
Hercules Killing Anthaeus
1545
Hans Sebald Beham
1500-1550
German
Unknown
Engraving printed in black ink on laid paper
Sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 1 7/8 × 2 3/4 inches (4.8 × 7 cm)
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Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. George Kamperman
46.211
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Signed and dated, in plate, lower left: 1545 | [artist's monogram]
Inscribed, in plate, upper left edge: ANTAEVM LIBIAE GYGANTEM | SVFFOCAT HERCVLES.
Stamp, in black, verso: W. Bell Scott (Lugt 2607) Stamp, in black, verso: Lawson Thompson (Lugt 1770)
Provenance
W. Bell Scott (London, England)
Lawson Thompson, Hitchin (Hertfordshire, England). Dr. and Mrs. George Kamperman
1946-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Hans Sebald Beham, Hercules Killing Anthaeus, 1545, engraving printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. George Kamperman, 46.211.
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