id:			127816
accession number:	1950.459
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1950.459
updated:		2022-01-04 15:41:05.267000

The Labors of Hercules: Hercules Receiving the Garment Steeped in Nessus' Blood, 1542. Hans Sebald Beham (German, 1500-1550). Engraving; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Williams Collection 1950.459

title:				The Labors of Hercules: Hercules Receiving the Garment Steeped in Nessus' Blood
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creation date:			1542
creation date earliest:		1542
creation date latest:		1542
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creditline:			Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Williams Collection
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culture:	Germany, 16th century
technique:	engraving
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Engraving
type:		Print
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catalogue raisonne: Pauli 108

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

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wall description: 
Perceiving the princess Iole as a rival, Hercules’s wife Deianeira soaks a shirt in the blood of the centaur Nessus and sends it to her husband. Deianeira believes the blood is a love potion that will secure Hercules’s undying affection, but it is actually poisonous. Here, a servant named Lichas delivers the toxic shirt.

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.
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