Minneapolis Institute of Art
Death of Hercules, From the Labors of Hercules
Sebald Beham
- Date
- 1548
- Medium
- Engraving
- Department
- European Art
- Institution
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
The legendary strongman Hercules was born to the god Zeus and a mortal named Alcmena. This union so incensed Zeus’s wife Hera that she made life almost unbearable for the hero. Her ire resulted in him undertaking a series of tasks, known as the Twelve Labors of Hercules. Sebald Beham challenged his audience’s knowledge of the classical text, engraving three actual labors and nine scenes of Hercules’ exploits before and after his labors. Tortured by the poisoned robe, Hercules asks the shepherd Philoctetes to light the pyre so he can end his misery. In return, Philoctetes receives his weapons. Germany, Europe
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