Hercules Fighting Against the Trojans, 1545

  • 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 Mrs. James E. Scripps

09.1S118

Signed, in plate, lower right:[artist's monogram]

Inscribed, in plate, lower left: 1545 Inscribed, upper edge: HERCVLES MVLTIS BELLIS LACESSIT TROIAM Inscribed, in pencil, verso: [various notations]

N.C. Perkins

Mrs. James E. Scripps (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Hans Sebald Beham, Hercules Fighting Against the Trojans, 1545, engraving printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S118.