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Hans Sebald Beham

German, 1500-1550

Hercules erwurgt den Antaeus (Hercules Suffocating Antaeus)

Hercules erwurgt den Antaeus (Hercules Suffocating Antaeus)

Hercules erwurgt den Antaeus (Hercules Suffocating Antaeus), 1545

engraving

4th state

overall: 1 7/8 x 2 3/4 inches (4.76 x 6.99 cm)

Collection Buffalo AKG Art Museum

Gift of Frederic P. Norton, 1999

P1999:6.38.2

Inscriptions:

monogram / lower left, in the plate / HSB

date / lower left, in the plate / 1545

title / upper left, in the plate / Antaeum Libiae Gygantem Suffocat Hercules

Provenance:

collection of Frederic P. Norton; donated to the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, 1999

Object Classifications:

Prints

Engraving (print)

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