Hercules with his club in center fighting a centaur, other men fighting centaurs to left and right, from 'The labors of Hercules'
Sebald Beham
1542
Medium
Engraving; fourth of five states
Dimensions
Sheet: 2 x 3 1/8 in. (5.1 x 7.9 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Accession Number
2012.136.773.1
Tags
WeaponsMenHerculesCentaursHorses
About the Artist
Sebald Beham · 1500–1550
Sebald Beham (1500–1550), a pioneering German printmaker and painter born in Nuremberg, emerged as one of the most prolific artists of the Northern Renaissance. The elder brother of fellow artist Barthel Beham, he grew up in a milieu steeped in artistic tradition, though details of his early training remain sparsely documented. Recorded as a journeyman painter (Malergeselle) by 1521 and a master w...