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Engraving of nude Hercules with club standing beside a fire where a figure lies, with a distant walled city and river in the background.

The Death of Hercules

An engraving shows a muscular nude man with a club and lion skin draped over his shoulder, standing at right and gazing at a flaming pyre. A figure lies on the ground at left, bathed in fire and smoke, while a classical city rises across the water in the distance. Inscription text and the date 1548 appear in the upper right and lower right corners.

Artist
Hans Sebald Beham
Date
1542–48
Medium
Engraving on off-white laid paper
Source
Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)
Size
3999 × 2713 px
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Public domain · Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1548).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Español: La muerte de Hércules, grabado de Hans Sebald Beham

Un grabado muestra a un hombre desnudo y musculoso con una porra y una piel de león sobre el hombro, de pie a la derecha y mirando una hoguera en llamas. A la izquierda, una figura yace en el suelo rodeada de fuego y humo, mientras una ciudad se alza al otro lado del agua. Un texto inscrito y la fecha 1548 aparecen en las esquinas superior derecha e inferior derecha.

Português: A morte de Hércules, gravura de Hans Sebald Beham

Uma gravura mostra um homem nu e musculoso, com uma clava e uma pele de leão sobre o ombro, de pé à direita e olhando para uma pira em chamas. À esquerda, uma figura jaz no chão envolta em fogo e fumaça, enquanto uma cidade se ergue do outro lado da água. Um texto inscrito e a data 1548 aparecem nos cantos superior direito e inferior direito.

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