Hercules kills Cacus, 1550

Title

Hercules kills Cacus

Draughtsman

• Heinrich Aldegrever

Part Number / Total

3 / 10

Period Produced

• 16th century

School

• Renaissance

Object Type

• drawing

Material

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

Technique

• pen drawing
• washing
• pencil drawing
• chalk drawing?
• charcoal drawing?

Geographic Reference

• German

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing
• preliminary drawing for an engraving

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Monogrammiert und datiert unten 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 1994.83.25

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• 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
• Cacus

Primary

• 94L4115 Cacus, the fire-breathing monster is killed in his cave by Hercules

Secondary

• 94L41151 Cacus steals some of the cattle of Geryon which Hercules was driving home
• 45C12(MACE) weapons for striking a blow (MACE)
• 25H119 cave, grotto