Hercules has already picked three apples and reaches for a fourth in the garden of the Hesperides, which is depicted as a piece of woodland with a spring at the edge of a great expanse of water. On the right side the Hesperides appear as three naked women, one of
Hercules has already picked three apples and reaches for a fourth in the garden of the Hesperides, which is depicted as a piece of woodland with a spring at the edge of a great expanse of water. On the right side the Hesperides appear as three naked women, one of the three points a Hercules. Three sheep graze in the background between the figures of Hercules and the graces, and the colour of their fleece echoes that of the Golden Fleece. Along the bottom and left side of the panel there is a grey area, where the guarian of the Hesperidian garden, the dragon Ladon, lies after being struck down by Hercules.
The panel is part of the series 'The Labours of Hercules'.
[Görres, cda 2012]
- Attributions
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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 100 cm
Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 109.5 x 100 cm
[Cat. Braunschweig 1976, 15]
[Cat. Braunschweig 1969, 48, No. 716]
- Signature / Dating
None
- Inscriptions and Labels
- top left: 'HESPERIDVM CAESO MALA DRACONE RAPIT.'
[cda 2013] Verso upper area on the wood: paper with handwritten information:
Inscriptions and Labels
Inscriptions, Badges:
- top left:
'HESPERIDVM CAESO MALA DRACONE RAPIT.'
[cda 2013]
Stamps, Seals, Labels:
Verso upper area on the wood: paper with handwritten information: 'Z.L.x[?] 6622'
- Owner
- Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum, Braunschweig
- Repository
- Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum, Braunschweig
- Location
- Braunschweig
- CDA ID
- DE_HAUMB_GG716
- FR (1978) Nr.
- FR408A
- Persistent Link
- https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_HAUMB_GG716/
