Hercules Preventing the Centaurs from the Rape of Hippodameia, from The Labors of Hercules, Heinrich Aldegrever, 1550

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Hercules Preventing the Centaurs from the Rape of Hippodameia, from The Labors of Hercules, 1550, Engraving, Sheet: 4 1/4 x 2 3/4 in. ( x 7 cm), Prints, Heinrich Aldegrever (German, Paderborn ca. 1502–1555/1561 Soest), Although nothing is known of Aldegrever’s training, his work shows the influence of contemporary Italian, Netherlandish, and German artistic productions. His engravings, which number nearly three hundred, resemble the fine and detailed manner of the Nuremberg Little Masters; many of his prints quote those of Dürer, Georg Pencz, Barthel and Sebald Beham, and Jacob Binck

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