Hercules worstelt met Antaeus, Cornelis Cort, after Frans Floris (I), in or after 1563 - before 1595

Title(s)

Hercules worstelt met Antaeus
Werken van Hercules (series title)

Object type

• print

Serial number

9/10

Object number

RP-P-H-K-52

Catalogue reference

• New Hollstein Dutch 180-4(4)

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 10
• collector's mark: Lugt 11

Description

Hercules verslaat de reus Antaeus door hem zolang op te tillen totdat hij zijn weerstand opgeeft en sterft.

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

• the giant Antaeus is lifted in the air and crushed to death by Hercules

Credit line

• On loan from the City of Amsterdam

Acquisition

loan 1957

Copyright

Public domain

• Cornelis Cort, Manfred Sellink (Manfred Stefan) , 1961-, Part 3, p. 31, cat.nr. 180