Lichas bringing the garment of Nessus to Hercules

Sebald Beham
Germany
1500 – 1550

Lichas bringing the garment of Nessus to Hercules
plate 11 from The Labours of Hercules
1542-48
engraving on paper
Place made
Frankfurt, Germany
Medium
engraving on paper
State
i/ii
Dimensions
5.4 x 8.0 cm (sheet)
5.2 x 7.8 cm (bord)
Credit line
David Murray Bequest Fund 1949
Accession number
4910G145
Signature and date
Signed, engraved in plate, u.r. "HSB [in monogram]. " Not dated.
Catalogue raisonne
Holl.III, p.67, no.108; B(ill) v.15, p.73, no.98
Media category
Print
Collection area
European prints

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