Hercules stands on a grassy hill and carries the celestial vaults on his shoulders in the form of a starry globe. Released from his task Atlas sits exhausted on a stone. A single bush frames the figure of Hercules, behind it is an expanse of water, which can be distinguished
Hercules stands on a grassy hill and carries the celestial vaults on his shoulders in the form of a starry globe. Released from his task Atlas sits exhausted on a stone. A single bush frames the figure of Hercules, behind it is an expanse of water, which can be distinguished as the Straits of Gibraltar by the columns on the rocky outcrops either side of the painting.
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: 109.7 x 98.8 cm
Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 109.7 x 98.8 cm
[Cat. Braunschweig 1976, 15]
[Cat. Braunschweig 1969, 47, No. 715]
- Signature / Dating
None
- Inscriptions and Labels
- top left: 'SYDEREVM FESSO GESTAT ATLANTE POLVM.'
[cda 2013] Verso upper area:
paper with handwritten information:
'Z.L.x[?] 6621'Bottom …
Inscriptions and Labels
Inscriptions, Badges:
- top left:
'SYDEREVM FESSO GESTAT ATLANTE POLVM.'
[cda 2013]
Stamps, Seals, Labels:
Verso upper area:
paper with handwritten information: 'Z.L.x[?] 6621'
Bottom area stamped on the wood:
'Herzog Anton Ulrich-
Museum
715'
- Owner
- Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum, Braunschweig
- Repository
- Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum, Braunschweig
- Location
- Braunschweig
- CDA ID
- DE_HAUMB_GG715
- FR (1978) Nr.
- FR408A
- Persistent Link
- https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_HAUMB_GG715/
