Hercules Fighting Against the Centaurs, 1542

  • Hans Sebald Beham, German, 1500-1550

Engraving printed in black ink on laid paper

  • Sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 2 × 3 1/8 inches (5.1 × 7.9 cm)

Gift of Dr. and Mrs. George Kamperman

46.209

Signed and dated, in plate, lower right: 15 [artist's monogram] 42

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

Inscribed, in plate, upper edge: ARVMNA HERCVLIS

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 Fighting Against the Centaurs, 1542, engraving printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. George Kamperman, 46.209.