Hercules Killing the Nemean Lion

1548

Sebald Beham

Associated Names
Sebald Beham

Artist, German, 1500 - 1550

This is a drawing of a muscular figure fighting a lion. The background features classical architecture and trees with twisted branches, along with objects like a spear and shield against a tree trunk. The details in the drawing emphasize muscle tone and intricate patterns in the landscape and architecture.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.9331

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 98, State ii/ii

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1901

  • Pauli, Gustav. Hans Sebald Beham: ein kritisches Verzeichnis seiner Kupferstiche, Radierungen und Holzschnitte. Studien zur deutschen Kunstgeschichte_ 33. Strasbourg: J.H. Ed. Heitz, 1901: no. 99, ii/ii.

1996

  • Pauli, Gustav. Hans Sebald Beham: ein kritisches Verzeichnis seiner Kupferstiche, Radierungen und Holzschnitte. Studien zur deutschen Kunstgeschichte_ 33. Strasbourg: J.H. Ed. Heitz, 1901: no. 98, ii/ii.

Wikidata ID

Q65025513

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