Herkules verhindert die Entführung der Hippodamia, 1550

Title

Herkules verhindert die Entführung der Hippodamia

Draughtsman

• Heinrich Aldegrever

Part Number / Total

8 / 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 oben links: 1550 / AG [gespiegelt]

Captions Added Later

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

Watermark

• Nicht geprüft

Work Catalogues

• Plaßmann 1994.92.32

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
• Hippodameia
• Eurytion

Primary

• 92L714111 the centaur Eurytion tries to carry off Hippodamia, the bride
• 94L4122 Eurytus and his sons are beaten by Hercules in a shooting contest, of which the prize was Iole, the king's daughter; but Eurytus refuses to give her to Hercules

Secondary

• 31AA the (nude) human figure; 'Corpo humano' (Ripa) - AA - female human figure
• 41A711 table