Hercules Abducts Jole
Maker
(artist)
1500-1550
(engraver)
1500-1550
1500-1550
(engraver)
1500-1550
Title
Hercules Abducts Jole
Date of Production
1544
Dimensions
Height: 5.1 cm
Width: 7.9 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
Keywords
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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