PrintsGerman15th century

Hercules

c. 1497

Artists

Albrecht DürerArtist

Classification

Prints

Technique

Woodcut

Medium

Woodcut printed in black ink on tan antique laid paper

Culture

German

Century

15th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Prints

Dimensions

block: 39.3 × 28.2 cm (15 1/2 × 11 1/8 in.) sheet: 55.1 × 36.1 cm (21 11/16 × 14 3/16 in.)

Provenance

John Witt Randall, bequest to his sister. Belinda Lull Randall, gift to Harvard University, 1892. sister of John Witt Randall

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