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Hercules Abducts Jole

Maker

(artist)
1500-1550

(engraver)
1500-1550

Title

Hercules Abducts Jole

Date of Production

1544

Dimensions

Height: 5.1 cm
Width: 7.9 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.3217

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Library, transfer, 1990

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

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Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Inscriptions

Inscription: Recto: upper centre edge within image, black ink: "EVRYTI REGIS FILIAM IOLAM, OCCISO PATRE, ABDVXIT // HERCVLES // 15 HSB 44". Mount, Recto: upper centre edge, black ink: "953/11 (46 & 48)"; lower centre, black print: "(struck through) B. BEHAM // Die Taten des Herkules."; lower centre, black ink: "engraving // (B.96-107 // P. Holl 98-109) // The Labours of Hercules // (struck through) LSB44? // B Baham? // clad 1540! // no. // Hans Sebald // (underlined) Beham // (1500-1550.) // Signed with// monogram HSB // (struck through) 75 // 7 (struck through) 5".

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