Herkules bezwingt den Nemäischen Löwen, 1550

Title

Herkules bezwingt den Nemäischen Löwen

Draughtsman

• Heinrich Aldegrever

Part Number / Total

2 / 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

• Westphalian

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing
• preliminary drawing for an engraving

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Monogrammiert oben rechts: AG [gespiegelt]

Captions Added Later

Verso unten links Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356)

Watermark

• Nicht geprüft

Work Catalogues

• Plaßmann 1994.81.24

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

Primary

• 94L321 (1) Hercules chokes the Nemean lion with his arms

Secondary

• 94L3211 Hercules skins the lion and clothes himself with its skin
• 25HH155 fringe, edge of the wood - HH - ideal landscapes
• 45C12(MACE) weapons for striking a blow (MACE)
• 34F12 man killing animal