Hercules Abducting Iole

1544

Sebald Beham

Associated Names
Sebald Beham

Artist, German, 1500 - 1550

The artwork is a detailed woodcut depicting a scene with multiple figures and horses, set in a horizontal orientation. Two male figures dominate the composition, each riding a rearing horse. The man on the left is wearing a crown and holds a club in his raised hand. The horse he rides is depicted in motion, with its mane flowing and hooves lifted. On the right, another man, adorned with a laurel wreath and wearing a short tunic, holds a club. Below the horses, two figures lie on the ground, their bodies contorted. The background features detailing with foliage and a shield. The artwork is marked with the text "EVRYTI REGIS FILIAM IOLAM, OCCISO PATRE, ABDVXIT HERCVLES" along the top and dated 1544.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.1055

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 106, State ii/iv

  • Series Title

    The Labors of Hercules

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. 107, ii/iv.

1996

  • The New Hollstein German Engravings, Etchings and Woodcuts, 1400-1700. (Sebald Beham, Anne Röver-Kann, author). Ouderkerk aan den Ijssel: Sound & Vision Publishers, 2024: no. 106, ii/iv.

Wikidata ID

Q64961423

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