Hercules and Omphale

Prints and Drawings

c. 1600

Aegidius Sadeler, II (Flemish, c. 1570–1629)
after Bartholomaeus Spranger (Flemish, 1546–1611)

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Prints and Drawings

Artist: Aegidius Sadeler, II
Title: Hercules and Omphale
Origin: Flanders
Date: 1595–1605
Medium: Engraving in black on ivory laid paper
Inscriptions: Inscribed verso, lower right corner, in graphite: “1503”
Dimensions: 441 x 318 mm (plate); 446 x 324 mm (sheet)
Credit Line: The Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston Endowment Fund
Reference Number: 2020.707
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Max Machanék (second half of 19th century) [stamp (Lugt 1775), verso lower left, in purple]. Sold by Kunsthandlung Rumbler, Frankfurt am Main, to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2020.

Hollstein 106

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