id:			104882
accession number:	1923.120.3
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1923.120.3
updated:		2019-11-18 09:32:38.490000

The Labors of Hercules: Hercules Abducting Iole, 1544. Hans Sebald Beham (German, 1500-1550). Engraving; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. 1923.120.3

title:				The Labors of Hercules: Hercules Abducting Iole
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creation date:			1544
creation date earliest:		1544
creation date latest:		1544
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creditline:			Gift of Leonard C. Hanna, Jr.
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culture:	Germany, 16th century
technique:	engraving
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Engraving
type:		Print
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catalogue raisonne: Pauli 107

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CREATORS

* Hans Sebald Beham (German, 1500-1550)  - artist

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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Exhibition of Prints by the Little Masters: Prints form the Museum Collection
	opening date:   1938-03-23T05:00:00
	<i>Exhibition of Prints by the Little Masters: Prints form the Museum Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 23-April 24, 1938).

	title:		16th Century German Engravings
	opening date:   1938-12-13T05:00:00
	<i>16th Century German Engravings</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 13, 1938-January 22, 1939).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* The Cleveland Museum of Art (08/26/2017-12/31/2017): “Gods and Heroes: Ancient Legends in Renaissance Art”

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PROVENANCE

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wall description: 
Beham was one of several German printmakers referred to today as the “Little Masters.” They established their artistic prowess by engraving remarkably small prints, appealing to collectors fascinated with miniature objects and curiosities. Here, Beham has packed 12 larger-than-life stories of the mighty Hercules into tiny prints. The series includes three of the 12 labors Hercules performed as penance for slaying his children in a fit of madness: <em>Strangling the Nemean Lion</em>,<em> Killing the Lernean Hydra</em>, and <em>Dragging Cerberus from the Underworld</em>. The other scenes depict tales from his life and the events preceding his death. The son of Jupiter and the mortal Alcmena, Hercules was both man and god. His saga of moral and physical trials made him one of the most popular classical heroes in Renaissance art.
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