Hercules sleept Cerberus de hel uit, Cornelis Cort, after Frans Floris (I), in or after 1563 - before 1595

Title(s)

Hercules sleept Cerberus de hel uit
Werken van Hercules (series title)

Object type

• print

Serial number

3/10

Object number

RP-P-BI-6375

Catalogue reference

• New Hollstein Dutch 174-4(4)

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Description

Hercules neemt Cerberus, de drie-koppige hond die de ingang van de Hades bewaakt, mee de hel uit. Hij trekt aan de ketting om Cerberus hoofden en bedreigt de hond met zijn knots.

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

etching

Measurements

height 225 mm × width 285 mm

What

• (12) Cerberus captured and carried away by Hercules

Acquisition

unknown

Copyright

Public domain

• Cornelis Cort, Part 3, p. 31, cat.nr. 174