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Hans Sebald Beham
Hercules Killing Cacus, 1545
engraving printed in black ink on laid paper
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Artist Hans Sebald Beham, German, 1500-1550
Title
  • Hercules Killing Cacus
  • Hercules and Cacus (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 × 2 3/4 inches (5.1 × 7 cm)
Credit Line Gift of Dr. and Mrs. George Kamperman
Accession Number 46.212
Department Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Not On View
Signed Signed and dated, in plate, upper left: 1545 | [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, upper right edge: CACVM FLAMMIVOMVM OPPRIMIT | HERCVLES
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)