id:			127821
accession number:	1950.464
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1950.464
updated:		2022-01-04 15:41:08.275000

The Labors of Hercules:  Hercules Killing the Lernean Hydra, 1545. Hans Sebald Beham (German, 1500-1550). Engraving; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Williams Collection 1950.464

title:				The Labors of Hercules:  Hercules Killing the Lernean Hydra
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creation date:			1545
creation date earliest:		1545
creation date latest:		1545
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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 107.100 ; Bartsch VIII.18.102

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

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wall description: 
Hercules and his nephew Iolaus work together to defeat the multiheaded hydra of Lerna. To stop the hydra from regrowing its heads, Iolaus torches each neck as Hercules removes the head with his club. Meanwhile, a lobster aids the hydra by attacking Hercules’s heel. According to legend, Hercules dipped his arrowheads in the dead hydra’s blood to make them poisonous.

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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