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Hans Sebald Beham

German, 1500-1550

Hercules and the Centaur from the series Labors of Hercules

Hercules and the Centaur from the series Labors of Hercules

Hercules and the Centaur from the series Labors of Hercules, 1542

engraving

sheet: 2 x 3 inches (5.08 x 7.62 cm)

Collection Buffalo AKG Art Museum

Gift of Willis O. Chapin, 1891

1891:4.30

Inscriptions:

inscription / above the figure of Hercules, in the plate / Herculis

date; monogram / upper left, in the plate / 1542; HsB

Object Classifications:

Prints

Engraving (print)

Information may change due to ongoing research. Glossary of Terms

Labors of Hercules, 1542-1548

Hans Sebald Beham
Deianira Nessi Vestum Per Licham Servum Reuli Mittit (Receiving the Shirt of Nessus from Lichas) from the series Labors of Hercules, 1542

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Nessi Veste Rabidus Se Comburit Hercules (Hercules on His Funeral Pyre) from the series Labors of Hercules, 1548

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Leonis Suffocati Exuuiis Induitur Hercules (Hercules Suffocating the Lion to Strip Him of His Coat) from the series Labors of Hercules, 1548

Hans Sebald Beham
Antaeum Libiae Gygantem Suffocat Hercules (Hercules Suffocating the Libyan Giant Antaeus) from the series Labors of Hercules, 1545

Hans Sebald Beham
Cacum Flammivomum Opprimit Hercules (Hercules Overpowers Fire-breathing Cacus) from the series Labors of Hercules, 1545

Hans Sebald Beham
Hercules Vna Cum Hydram Occidit (Hercules Fighting the Hydra) from the series Labors of Hercules, 1545

Hans Sebald Beham
Hercules Multis Bellis Lacessit Troiam (Hercules Provoked Troy in Many Battles) from the series Labors of Hercules, 1545

Hans Sebald Beham
Hercules Cerberum Tricipetum Ad Superos Petraxit (Hercules Capturing Three-headed Cerberus) from the series Labors of Hercules, 1545

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Euryti Regis Filliam Iolam Occiso Patre Abduxit Hercules (Hercules Abducting Iole Having Slain Her Faher, King Eurytis) from the series Labors of Hercules, 1544

Hans Sebald Beham
Aerumna Hercules (Labors of Hercules) from the series Labors of Hercules, 1542

Hans Sebald Beham
Hercules erwurgt den Antaeus (Hercules Suffocating Antaeus), 1545

Hans Sebald Beham
Hercules erwurgt den Antaeus (Hercules Suffocating Antaeus), 1545

Hans Sebald Beham
Hercules erwurgt den Antaeus (Hercules Suffocating Antaeus), 1545

Hans Sebald Beham
Hercules erwurgt den Antaeus (Hercules Suffocating Antaeus), 1545

Hans Sebald Beham