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Hercules and the Hydra

Sebald Beham

Hercules and the Hydra

1544

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Sebald Beham

Hercules and the Hydra

1544

Physical Qualities Engraving, Sheet (trimmed within platemark): 52 × 77 mm. (2 1/16 × 3 1/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Blanche Adler
Object Number 1929.17.15.10.7
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1929; Blanche Adler, Baltimore
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Mythprints," exhibition brochure, 1981-82, cat. 6g.
The Illustrated Bartsch. Ed. Walter L. Strauss. New York, 1978-present.

Inscribed: RECTO: at upper center, in plate: "HERCULES UNA CUM IOLAO HYDRAM OCCIDIT." 15 HSB 45"

Markings: CM: Blanche Adler on verso

Artist

Sebald Beham

1499–1549

German, 1500-1550
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