Hercules doodt Geryon en zijn hond, Cornelis Cort, after Frans Floris (I), in or after 1563 - before 1595

Title(s)

Hercules doodt Geryon en zijn hond
Werken van Hercules (series title)

Object type

• print

Serial number

8/10

Object number

RP-P-1899-A-21764

Catalogue reference

• New Hollstein Dutch 179-4(4)

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Description

Hercules verslaat de driekoppige reus Geryon en zijn tweekoppige hond. Op de achtergrond is te zien hoe Hercules het zwijn van Erymanthus vangt en naar de stad brengt.

Artist

• print maker: Cornelis Cort (mentioned on object)
• after design by: Frans Floris (I) (mentioned on object)
• publisher: Julius Goltzius (mentioned on object)

Place

Antwerp

Dating

in or after 1563 - before 1595

Material

• paper

Technique

engraving

Measurements

height 232 mm × width 287 mm

What

• Hercules kills Geryon, the monster with three heads and three bodies, after having slain the herdsman Eurytion, and Orthrus, the two-headed watch-dog
• (4) the Erymanthian boar is captured by Hercules

Acquisition

purchase Jun-1899

Copyright

Public domain

• Cornelis Cort, Manfred Sellink (Manfred Stefan) , 1961-, Part 3, p. 31, cat.nr. 178