Death of Hercules, 1548

  • Hans Sebald Beham, German, 1500-1550

Engraving printed in black ink on paper attached at all corners to paperboard

  • Sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 2 1/8 × 3 1/8 inches (5.4 × 7.9 cm)

Gift of Dr. and Mrs. George Kamperman

46.217

Signed and dated, in plate, lower right: 1548 | [artist's monogram]

Inscribed, in plate, lower center: PHILOCRASSES Inscribed, upper right: NESSI VESTE RABIDVS SE | COMBVRIT HERCVLES,

Dr. and Mrs. George Kamperman

1946-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Hans Sebald Beham, Death of Hercules, 1548, engraving printed in black ink on paper attached at all corners to paperboard. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. George Kamperman, 46.217.