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Title:
Hercules and the Columns of Gaza Object 1
Series Title: 'The Labours of Hercules'
Collection Title: Baillieu Library
Alternate Titles:
Hercules setting up the pillars at cadiz
the Gates of Gaza
Hercules carrying the columns of Gaza
Accession Number: 1985.2006.000.000
Creator: Beham, Sebald
Place of birth: Germany
Creation Date: 1545
Object Category: prints
Medium:
engraving
Technique:
intaglio
State: second state
Dimensions:
Type Height Width Depth Diameter Unit (Lengths) Weight Unit (Weight)
image (sheet trimmed to image) 4.9 7 cm
Inscription: signed u.l.corner, printed: "1545/ISB [monogram]."; inscribed t.c. printed in image: "GADITANAS COLUMNUS STATVIT/ HERCULES."
Catalogue Raisonne: Bartsch 103; Puali 101
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