Hercules slaying Nessus

Sebald Beham
Germany
1500 – 1550

Hercules slaying Nessus
plate 9 from The Labours of Hercules
1542
engraving on paper
Place made
Frankfurt, Germany
Medium
engraving on paper
Dimensions
5.1 x 7.9 cm (sheet)
5.0 x 7.8 cm (bord)
Credit line
David Murray Bequest Fund 1949
Accession number
4910G144
Signature and date
Signed and dated, engraved in plate, u.l. "1542 / HSB [in mongram]".
Catalogue raisonne
Holl.III, p.67, no.106; B(ill) v.15, p.73, no.97
Media category
Print
Collection area
European prints

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