Hercules Killing Cacus, 1545

  • Hans Sebald Beham, German, 1500-1550

Engraving printed in black ink on laid paper

  • Sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 2 × 2 3/4 inches (5.1 × 7 cm)

Gift of Dr. and Mrs. George Kamperman

46.212

Signed and dated, in plate, upper left: 1545 | [artist's monogram]

Stamp, in black, verso: W. Bell Scott (Lugt 2607) Stamp, in black, verso: Lawson Thompson (Lugt 1770)

Inscribed, in plate, upper right edge: CACVM FLAMMIVOMVM OPPRIMIT | HERCVLES

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)

Hans Sebald Beham, Hercules Killing Cacus, 1545, engraving printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. George Kamperman, 46.212.