About the Artwork
Lichas Bringing the Garment of Nessus to Hercules
between 1542 and 1548
Hans Sebald Beham
1500-1550
German
Unknown
Engraving printed in black ink on paper attached at all corners to paperboard
Sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 2 1/8 × 3 1/8 inches (5.4 × 7.9 cm)
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Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. George Kamperman
46.219
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Signed, in plate, upper right: [artist's monogram]
Inscribed, in plate, top right: DEIANIRA NESSI VESTEM | PER LICHAM SERVVM HE | RCVLI MITTIT.
Provenance
Dr. and Mrs. George Kamperman
1946-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Hans Sebald Beham, Lichas Bringing the Garment of Nessus to Hercules, between 1542 and 1548, engraving printed in black ink on paper attached at all corners to paperboard. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. George Kamperman, 46.219.
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