Hercules Slaying the Hydra, 1545

  • Hans Sebald Beham, German, 1500-1550

Engraving printed in black ink on laid paper

  • Sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 2 1/8 × 3 inches (5.4 × 7.6 cm)

Gift of Dr. and Mrs. George Kamperman

46.214

Signed and dated, in plate, upper right: 15 [artist's monogram] 45

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

Inscribed, in plate, across upper edge: HERCVLES VNA CVM IOLAO HYDRAM OCCIDIT.

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 Slaying the Hydra, 1545, engraving printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. George Kamperman, 46.214.