Hercules has brought the deer to the ground and holds her antlers with his left hand, while taking the club out with his right hand to strike the first blow. The preceding scene is shown in a piece of woodland in the background: the deer-chase.
The panel is part of the
Hercules has brought the deer to the ground and holds her antlers with his left hand, while taking the club out with his right hand to strike the first blow. The preceding scene is shown in a piece of woodland in the background: the deer-chase.
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: 109.5 x 98.4 cm
Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 109.5 x 98.4 cm
[Cat. Braunschweig 1976, 15]
[Cat. Braunschweig 1969, 47, No. 714]
- Signature / Dating
None
- Inscriptions and Labels
- top left: 'AVREA COMPRENDIT VELOCIS CORNVA CERVAE'
[cda 2013] Verso on the cradle:
Bottom area stamped on the cradle:
'Herzog …Inscriptions and Labels
Inscriptions, Badges:
- top left:
'AVREA COMPRENDIT VELOCIS CORNVA CERVAE'
[cda 2013]
Stamps, Seals, Labels:
Verso on the cradle:
Bottom area stamped on the cradle:
'Herzog Anton Ulrich
Museum
714'
Top right area: Printed paper with handwritten information:
'Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum
Braunschweig 1986
Inv. Nr. 714
Künstler Cranach d. Ä.
Titel Hirschkuh
Maße 109,5 x 98,4 cm'
- Owner
- Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum, Braunschweig
- Repository
- Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum, Braunschweig
- Location
- Braunschweig
- CDA ID
- DE_HAUMB_GG714
- FR (1978) Nr.
- FR408A
- Persistent Link
- https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_HAUMB_GG714/