Herkules tötet die Schlangen; Leda mit dem Schwan, 1550

Title

Herkules tötet die Schlangen; Leda mit dem Schwan

Draughtsman

• Heinrich Aldegrever

Part Number / Total

1 / 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 unten links: AG [gespiegelt]

Captions Added Later

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

Watermark

• Nicht geprüft

Work Catalogues

• Plaßmann 1994.80.23

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
• Leda

Primary

• 94L122 Hercules strangles two serpents in his cradle
• 92B1222 Jupiter, in the shape of a swan, and Leda

Secondary

• 41AA1 civic architecture; edifices; dwellings - AA - civic architecture: inside
• 41A3221 closed door
• 98C(ALCMENE)6 female persons from classical history (ALCMENE) - suffering, misfortune of person from classical history