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Hercules as triumphator; Hercules and Antaeus; Hercules taming the horses of Diomedes, Heinrich Aldegrever

Heinrich Aldegrever

Hercules as triumphator; Hercules and Antaeus; Hercules taming the horses of Diomedes

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Heinrich Aldegrever

Hercules as triumphator; Hercules and Antaeus; Hercules taming the horses of Diomedes, 1550

Blatt: 94 x 68 mm

Inventory Number: 662

Object Number: 662 Z

Status: Request for presentation in the study room of the Prints and Drawings Department

Work Data

Basic Information

Title: Hercules as triumphator; Hercules and Antaeus; Hercules taming the horses of Diomedes

Draughtsman

Heinrich Aldegrever

Part Number / Total: 6 / 10

Period Produced

16th century

School

Renaissance

Object Type

drawing

Material

Technique

Geographic Reference

Westphalian

Production Reason

vorbereitende Zeichnung

Label at the Time of Manufacture: Monogrammiert und datiert oben rechts: 1550 / AG [gespiegelt]

Captions Added Later: Verso unten links Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356)

Watermark: Nicht geprüft

Work Catalogues: Plaßmann 1994.87.28

Property and Acquisition

Work Content

Motifs and References

Iconclass

Primary

94L4113the giant Antaeus is lifted in the air and crushed to death by Hercules
94L78specific aspects, allegorical aspects of Hercules; Hercules as patron - triumph

Secondary

94L328(8) the four mares of King Diomedes are captured; when Diomedes is slain in the ensuing battle his body is thrown to the mares to eat
45C15(BOW AND ARROW)archer's weapons: bow and arrow
25I1city-view in general; 'veduta'

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10.08.2026