Hercules doodt de draak Ladon, Simon Frisius, after Antonio Tempesta, 1610 - 1664

Title(s)

Hercules doodt de draak Ladon
Hesperidum mala fert aurea (title on object)
Herculische thema's (series title)

Object type

• print

Serial number

8/12

Object number

RP-P-OB-52.354

Catalogue reference

• New Hollstein Dutch 39-1(2)
  Remark: Part I

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 240

Description

Hercules staat met een gespannen boog voor de draak Ladon, de bewaker van de boom van de Hesperiden.

Artist

• print maker: Simon Frisius
• after design by: Antonio Tempesta

Place

print maker: Northern Netherlands
after design by: Italy

Dating

1610 - 1664

Material

• paper

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 97 mm × width 143 mm

What

• Hercules kills Ladon, the dragon which kept the tree of the Hesperides

Acquisition

transferred 1816

Copyright

Public domain

• Simon Frisius, dl.1, p. 31, cat.nr. 39