Hercules overwint de hydra van Lerna

in or after 1563 - before c. 1595 · Print

Can I see it?

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Where is “Hercules overwint de hydra van Lerna” now? Collection: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Unknown.

Rijksmuseum

Amsterdam, Netherlands

The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.

Source: The museum

On the map Museum page

About the work

Museum text in Dutch

Hercules overwint met de hulp van zijn neef de hydra van Lerna. Hij slaat met zijn knots de hoofden van dit meerkoppige monster af en zijn neef schroeit de halzen dicht zodat er geen nieuwe hoofden kunnen groeien. Hercules wordt door een krab in zijn voet gebeten. De krabben zijn door Juno gestuurd om Hercules bij zijn taken te hinderen.

Rijksmuseum

Details

Accession number: RP-P-1899-A-21761

What it shows

The Hydra is killed by Hercules assisted by Iolaus, who sears the roots of the severed heads with burning brands An enormous crab nips Hercules' foot

In the catalog

Prints Renaissance 16th century

Sources

Rijksmuseum
Image: Rijksmuseum — public domain

In the life of Cornelis Cort

The whole life

1560–1565 · Workplace
Northern Low Countries
1565–1566
Move to Venice, Living in Titian's House
In 1565–1566 Cort lived in Venice in the house of Titian, who immediately recognized his abilities and gave him his finest paintings to reproduce.
1565–1566 · Workplace
Venice
1566–1569 · Workplace
Rome
1570s
Roman School of Engravers and Work for Lafreri
In Rome he worked extensively for the publishing house of Antonio Lafreri and founded a famous school of engravers that produced a whole line of skilled masters; his manner was later developed by Agostino Carracci.
March 1578
Died