Artist Hans Sebald Beham, German, 1500-1550
Title
  • Hercules Fighting Against the Trojans
  • Hercules and the Trojans (alternate title)
  • Labors of Hercules (series title)
Date 1545
Medium engraving printed in black ink on laid paper
Dimensions Sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 2 × 3 inches (5.1 × 7.6 cm)
Credit Line Gift of Dr. and Mrs. George Kamperman
Accession Number 46.215
Department Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Not On View
Signed Signed, in plate, lower right: [artist's monogram]
Marks Stamp, in black, verso: W. Bell Scott (Lugt 2607)
Stamp, in black, verso: Lawson Thompson (Lugt 1770)
Inscriptions 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)