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Object Type
Museum number: 1914,0214.42
Title: Series: The Labours of Hercules
Description: Hercules abducting Iole; the two figures on horseback at left; on horseback at right Iole's father Eurytus; two warriors on the ground; from a series of twelve engravings. 1544 Engraving
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Production date: 1544
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Dimensions: Height: 51 millimetres; Width: 79 millimetres
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Curator's comments: BM has a complete set of the series, most of the plates in various states.; BM also has an impression of the second and fourth state, see 1845,0809.1226 and 1868,0822.240.
Bibliographic references: Pauli 1901-11 / Hans Sebald Beham: Ein Kritisches Verzeichniss seiner Kupferstiche Radirungen und Holzschnitte (107.III); Hollstein / German engravings, etchings and woodcuts c.1400-1700 (107.III); Bartsch / Le Peintre graveur (VIII.157.99)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: classical mythology; classical deity
Associated names: Representation of: Herakles/Hercules; Representation of: Iole; Representation of: Eurytos
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Acquisition date: 1914
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1914,0214.42

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