Hercules Carrying the Columns of Gaza, 1545

  • Hans Sebald Beham, German, 1500-1550

Engraving printed in black ink on laid paper

  • Sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 1 7/8 × 2 3/4 inches (4.8 × 7 cm)

Gift of Dr. and Mrs. George Kamperman

46.213

Signed and dated, in plate, upper left: 1545 | [artist's monogram]

Stamp, in black, verso: W. Bell Scott (Lugt 2607) Stamp, in black, verso: Lawson Thompson (Lugt 1770)

Inscribed, in plate, center upper edge: GADITANAS COLVMNAS STATVIT | HERCVLES.

W. Bell Scott (London, England)

Lawson Thompson, Hitchin (Hertfordshire, England). Dr. and Mrs. George Kamperman

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

Hans Sebald Beham, Hercules Carrying the Columns of Gaza, 1545, engraving printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. George Kamperman, 46.213.