Perceiving the princess iole as a rival, hercules’s wife deianeira soaks a shirt in the blood of the centaur nessus and sends it to her husband. Deianeira believes the blood is a love potion that will secure hercules’s undying affection, but it is actually poisonous. Here, a servant named lichas delivers the toxic shirt. Beham was one of several german printmakers referred to today as the “little masters. ” they established their artistic prowess by engraving remarkably small prints, appealing to collectors fascinated with miniature objects and curiosities. Date: 1542. Place of creation: Germany, 16th century. Medium: engraving. Collection: Cleveland Museum of Art. Hans Sebald Beham - The Labors of Hercules- Hercules Receiving the Garment Steeped in Nessus' B - 1950.459 - Cleveland Museum of Art
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