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Hercules and Cerberus

Sebald Beham

Hercules and Cerberus

1544

Scroll

Sebald Beham

Hercules and Cerberus

1544

Physical Qualities Engraving, Sheet (trimmed to platemark): 51 × 77 mm. (2 × 3 1/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Blanche Adler
Object Number 1929.17.15.10.5
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1929; Blanche Adler, Baltimore
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Mythprints," exhibition brochure, 1981-82, cat. 6e.
The Illustrated Bartsch. Ed. Walter L. Strauss. New York, 1978-present.

Inscribed: RECTO: at upper right, in plate: "HERCULES CERBERUM TRICIPITEM/AD SUPEROS PERTRAXIT."; at lower center, in plate: "15 HSB 45"

Markings: CM: Blanche Adler on verso

Artist

Sebald Beham

1499–1549

German, 1500-1550
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