Hercules and Antaeus

Hercules and Antaeus
 (1470-1500)

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
engraving
Measurements
34.0 × 23.7 cm (image and sheet, trimmed within platemark)
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Bartsch 16; Hind 17
Inscription
printed (vertically) in ink (in image) c.l.: DIVO HERCULI INVCTO
stamped in ink on reverse u.?.: (crown) / RP (in a circle) (Lugt 2232: Roger Portalis)
stamped in ink on reverse ??: DR. F. A. LIEBERG (in a rectangle) (Lugt 1681ter: Friedrich Andreas Lieberg)
Accession Number
1360-5
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1964
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Human Figures Religion and Mythology
Subjects (specific)
Ancient Greek (culture or style) fighting Heracles (Greco-Roman character) heroes myths nudes (representations) Story of Heracles (Greco-Roman narratives) wrestling

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