£800 - £1,200
Sebald Beham (1500-1550) (German School)
Hercules Fighting a Centaur (1542)
From the series: 'The Labours of Hercules'
Inscribed across the top: 'AERVMNAE / HERCVLIS'
Monogram and date, bottom right: '15 / HSB / 42'
"Hercules with his club in center fighting a centaur, other men fighting centaurs to left and right, from 'The labors of Hercules'."
cf. the engraving in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, which is the fourth of five states; Accession Number: 2012.136.773.1
Provenance:
Sotheby's 1995
Dimensions:
(Paper) 2.5 (H) x 3.5 in. (W)
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