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 inches (5.1 × 7.6 cm)

Gift of Dr. and Mrs. George Kamperman

46.215

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

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

Inscribed, in plate, lower left:1545 Inscribed, upper edge: HERCVLES MVLTIS BELLIS LACESSIT TROIAM

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 Trojans, 1545, engraving printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. George Kamperman, 46.215.