Hercules stands on the left side of the painting with his legs apart, holding a club in his left hand and wearing a fur robe. He lights a fire and the silvery, four-headed hydra visible on the right side behind a tree recoils. Behind Hercules is an expansive landscape. the
Hercules stands on the left side of the painting with his legs apart, holding a club in his left hand and wearing a fur robe. He lights a fire and the silvery, four-headed hydra visible on the right side behind a tree recoils. Behind Hercules is an expansive landscape. the panel is part of the series 'The Labours of Hercules'.
[Görres, cda 2012]
- Attributions
-
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder
Lucas Cranach the Elder
Attributions
| Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder | [Friedländer, Rosenberg 1978, No. 408A] |
| Lucas Cranach the Elder | [Cat. Braunschweig 1976, 15] |
- Production date
- after 1537
Production date
| after 1537 | [Friedländer, Rosenberg 1978, No. 408A] |
- Dimensions
- Dimensions of support: 108 x 100 cm
Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 108 x 100 cm
[Cat. Braunschweig 1976, 15]
[Cat. Braunschweig 1969, 47, No. 713]
- Signature / Dating
None
- Inscriptions and Labels
- along the top edge: 'HERCVLEA LERNAE STERNITVR HYDRA MANV.'
[cda, 2013] Verso on the cradle:
Upper area stamped on the …
Inscriptions and Labels
Inscriptions, Badges:
- along the top edge:
'HERCVLEA LERNAE STERNITVR HYDRA MANV.'
[cda, 2013]
Stamps, Seals, Labels:
Verso on the cradle:
Upper area stamped on the cradle:
"Herzog Anton Ulrich
Museum
713"
Bottom right area: Printed paper with handwritten information:
'Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum
Braunschweig 1986
Inv. Nr. 713
Künstler Cranach, L. d. Ä.
Titel H. u. die l. Schlange
Maße 108 x 100 cm'
- Owner
- Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum, Braunschweig
- Repository
- Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum, Braunschweig
- Location
- Braunschweig
- CDA ID
- DE_HAUMB_GG713
- FR (1978) Nr.
- FR408A
- Persistent Link
- https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_HAUMB_GG713/
