Hercules and Antaeus, 1541

Title

Hercules and Antaeus

Draughtsman

• Monogrammist F.S.

Period Produced

• 16th century

School

• Renaissance

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• coal?
• chalk?
• handmade paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• squaring
• pencil drawing

Geographic Reference

• Swiss

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing
• pen work?

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Monogrammiert und datiert auf einem Täfelchen am rechten Rand (mit der Feder in Schwarz): 1541 / FS [oder: SF]

Captions Added Later

Verso bezeichnet mittig (von fremder Hand, mit der Feder in Braun): Florian Schüfleyn; unten links Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356), mit zugehöriger Inventarnummer

Watermark

• Nicht vorhanden

Institution

• Städel Museum

Administration

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• historical narration
• mythological representation

Persons Shown

• Hercules
• Antaios

Primary

• 94L4113 the giant Antaeus is lifted in the air and crushed to death by Hercules

Secondary

• 94L8(CLUB) attributes of Hercules: club
• 94L8(LION'S SKIN) attributes of Hercules: lion's skin
• 45C19(SHIELD) protective weapons: shield
• 25G3(+21) trees (+ stem, trunk)

Historic Attribution

• Tobias Stimmer draughtsman