Hercules Preventing the Centaurs from the Rape of Hippodamia

1550

Heinrich Aldegrever

Associated Names
Heinrich Aldegrever
Artist, German, 1502 - 1555/1561
The artwork is a detailed engraving depicting a scene with multiple figures. In the foreground, a muscular, nude male figure is in a struggle with a centaur, who is also nude. The man's body is twisted, showing his muscular form as he grips the centaur's arm. The centaur, with its horse-like lower body, is crouched. Behind them, another centaur is visible, raising a club. The background features draped fabric and a distant landscape with a rocky outcrop. The composition is tightly framed, focusing on the physical conflict. Text is inscribed at the bottom of the engraving.

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Artwork overview

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.258

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 92, State only

  • Series Title

    The Labors of Hercules

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1802

  • Bartsch, Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna, 1802-1821: Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna: J.V. Degen, 1802-1821.

1996

  • The New Hollstein German Engravings, Etchings and Woodcuts, 1400-1700. (Heinrich Aldegreaver, Ursula Mielke, author). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. 92, state only.

Wikidata ID

Q64957409

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