File:Albrecht Dürer - Hercules at the Crossroad - 1961.170 - Cleveland Museum of Art.tif
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editAlbrecht Dürer: Hercules at the Crossroad
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Artist |
artist QS:P170,Q5580 |
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Title |
Hercules at the Crossroad |
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Object type |
print object_type QS:P31,Q11060274 |
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Genre |
mythology ![]() |
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Description |
In his journal, Dürer referred to this engraving as The Hercules; however, art historians have not found a legend that clearly explains the scene. A fully dressed woman personifying Virtue prepares to bludgeon Pleasure and her satyr lover, a mythical woodland creature associated with lust and drunkenness. Hercules intervenes to protect them. Throughout the composition, Dürer contrasted signs of civilization and wilderness, such as the castle and the mountains in the background. Also, Hercules wields a rough club torn from the ground, whereas Virtue’s stick is cut and hewn. In two places, human feet and the wild satyr’s hooves point at each other, including one instance where Dürer’s monogram, AD, appears between them. |
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Date |
circa 1498 date QS:P571,+1498-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 |
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Medium | engraving | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions |
height: 32.5 cm (12.7 in) ![]() ![]() dimensions QS:P2048,+32.5U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,+22.3U174728 |
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q657415 |
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Accession number |
1961.170 |
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Place of creation | Germany, late 15th-early 16th century | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Credit line | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source/Photographer | https://clevelandart.org/art/1961.170 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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