Auction 309: Prints | 18 May 2022
Heinrich Aldegrever

Series of 13 sheets: The Deeds of Hercules

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Auction 309
Lot 218N
Heinrich Aldegrever
1502 Paderborn – Soest 1555/1561
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Engraving on laid paper. (1550). Each ca. 10.2 x 6.4 cm (sheet). Includes: Hercules as a Child. – The Fight with the Lion of Nemea. – Hercules Killing Cacus. – Hercules Fighting with the Hydra of Lernea. – Hercules and Cerberus. – Hercules Squeezing Anthaeus to Death. – Hercules Fighting Against the Rivergod Achelus. – Hercules Killing the Dragon. – Hercules and Atlas. – Hercules Preventing the Centaurs from the Rape of and Hippodamia. – Hercules Killing Nessus. – Hercules Carrying the Columns of Gaza. – Hercules and the Hind. Rarely found in this quality!

Result: € 2,500*

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Details

Bartsch 83-95; Hollstein 83-95.

Description

Ausgezeichnete, gegensatzreiche Abzüge der kompletten Folge, auf die bzw. knapp innerhalb der Plattenkante geschnitten. Vorhanden: Herkules als Kind – Herkules tötet den Nemäischen Löwen – Herkules tötet Cacus – Herkules kämpft mit der Hydra von Lerna – Herkules und Cerberus – Herkules und Antäus – Herkules kämpft mit dem Flussgott Achelus – Herkules tötet den Drachen – Herkules und Atlas – Herkules und Hippodamia – Herkules tötet Nessus – Die Säulen des Herkules – Herkules und die Kirschkuh. – Vereinzelt verso kleine Papierausdünnungen, ein Bl. mit winzigem Löchlein. Ein Bl. mit einem Braunfleck. Selten in dieser Qualität!

Period

15th-18th Century

Technique

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