Hercules at the Crossroads

Albrecht Dürerca. 1498-1499

Details

Title: Hercules at the Crossroads
Creator: Albrecht Dürer
Date Created: ca. 1498-1499
Signatures / Inscriptions: Signed in plate, lower center: monogram “AD”
Print State: Second state
Object Type: Prints, works of art
Object Link: See this artwork on the Davison Art Center website
Object Credit Line: Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University. Friends of the Davison Art Center funds in honor of Richard H. Wood (B.A. Wesleyan 1958, former DAC Registrar of Collections), 1988
Materials & Techniques: Engraving on laid paper. Watermark: High Crown (Meder 20)
Keywords: Hercules, intersections, mythology, roads
Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
Dimensions: Plate dimensions: 322 mm x 222 mm (12.68 in. x 8.74 in.).
Bibliography: Bartsch 73; Joseph Meder 63 ii a; Talbot 16
Associated People: Created by Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471-1528)
Accession Number: 1988.22.1

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