File:Print, Hercules Conquering the Molionide Twins, ca. 1497 (CH 18384737-2).jpg

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Albrecht Dürer: Hercules  wikidata:Q18339646 reasonator:Q18339646
Artist
Albrecht Dürer  (1471–1528)  wikidata:Q5580 s:en:Author:Albrecht Dürer q:en:Albrecht Dürer
 
Albrecht Dürer
Alternative names
Albrecht Dürer
Description German painter, printmaker, mathematician, illuminator, copper engraver and art theorist
Date of birth/death 21 May 1471 Edit this at Wikidata 6 April 1528 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Nuremberg Nuremberg
Work period 1484 Edit this at Wikidata–1528 Edit this at Wikidata
Work location
Nuremberg (1484–1490), Basel (1490–1494), Strasbourg (1490–1494), Colmar (1490–1494), Frankfurt (1490–1494), Mainz (1490–1494), Cologne (1490–1494), Nuremberg (21 May 1494–1528), Innsbruck (1494), Venice (1494–1495), 1505–1506), Bologna (1505–1506), Milan (1505–1506), Florence (1505–1506), Rome (1505–1506), Augsburg (1518), Antwerp (1521)
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artist QS:P170,Q5580
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Title
English: Print, Hercules Conquering the Molionide Twins, ca. 1497
Object type woodcut print / print Edit this at Wikidata
Genre mythology Edit this at Wikidata
Description
English: A man wearing an animal skin carrying a club (presumably Hercules) has thrown down another man wearing armor. A second man in armor is already on the ground. Behind, a young woman is pursued by an older nude woman brandishing a jawbone. In the background, a landscape and two towns.
Date circa 1497
date QS:P571,+1497-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium woodcut on paper
Dimensions 39.1 x 28.2 cm (15 3/8 x 11 1/8 in.)
institution QS:P195,Q1129820
Current location
Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design
Accession number
1950-5-14
Credit line Gift of Leo Wallerstein
Notes
  • Type: Print
  • Inscribed: Inscribed in plate, upper center: Ercules
  • Country: Germany
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