Herkules hilft Atlas die Weltkugel tragen, 1550

Title

Herkules hilft Atlas die Weltkugel tragen

Draughtsman

• Heinrich Aldegrever

Part Number / Total

7 / 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 und datiert unten rechts: 1550 / AG [gespiegelt]

Captions Added Later

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

Watermark

• Pro Patria [Montierungsbogen, Fragment]

Work Catalogues

• Plaßmann 1994.91.31

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
• Atlas

Primary

• 94L33231 Hercules carries the heavens on his shoulders

Secondary

• 91B136 (story of) Atlas
• 31A25552(+0) index finger forwards, pointing, indicating (+ variant)
• 49E121 star-globe
• 23O13 Pisces (zodiacal sign of February)
• 23O31 Cancer (zodiacal sign of June)
• 46C1215 carrying something on the head or on the shoulders