| Title: |
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| Collection Title: |
Baillieu Library - Poynton Collection |
| Alternate Titles: |
| Hercules Slaying the Melionides |
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| Accession Number: |
1959.2137.000.000 |
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| Creator: |
Dürer, Albrecht |
| Place of birth: |
Germany |
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| Creation Date: |
(c. 1496) |
| Object Category: |
prints |
| Medium: |
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| Description: |
woodcut, printed in black ink. |
| Technique: |
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| State: |
First state |
| Dimensions: |
| Type |
Height |
Width |
Depth |
Diameter |
Unit (Lengths) |
Weight |
Unit (Weight) |
| image (sheet trimmed to image) |
39 |
28.2 |
|
|
cm |
|
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| Inscription: |
signed on block, bot. c. "AD [monogram]" |
| Other Inscriptions: |
inscribed on former mount, bot. c., typed: "Albrecht Duerer, 1471-1528 [1471-1528 underlined] (German) - The Fighters. ca1497. (Wood cut)."; bot c., pencil: "Hercules slaying the Melionides (Eurytus & Kreatus) [located below title]." inscr. top c., printed: "Ercvles" [Gothic script located in cartellino]. |
| Catalogue Raisonne: |
Bartsch 127 |
| Credit Line: |
Baillieu Library Print Collection, the University of Melbourne. Gift of Dr J. Orde Poynton 1959. |
| Narratives: |
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