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Nicolo Van Aelst
The Labors of Hercules1608

Not on view
Engraving on cream paper of a muscular nude man wrestling a rearing lion, with a second crouching nude figure in the left distance and a landscape background
Engraving depicting a muscular male figure standing at right, facing a multi-headed serpentine creature with wings and scaled body at left, rendered in fine cross-hatched line work on white paper.
Engraving of a lightly draped figure straddling a large boar and raising a club overhead, with a second figure fleeing toward trees in the background; fine cross-hatched linework in a wooded landscape setting.
Engraving depicting a chaotic battle scene with centaurs — half-human, half-horse figures — clashing violently; one raises a weapon overhead while another falls; additional figures and fleeing animals visible in the background, rendered with fine cross-hatched linework.
Engraving of a muscular male figure wearing a deer-skin and antlered headdress, grappling with a leaping stag by its antlers and muzzle, set against a landscape with trees and ruins, rendered with fine hatched linework.
Engraving of a muscular male figure wrestling a large bull to the ground, gripping its horns, with fine cross-hatched linework. Background shows a wooded landscape with additional figures and a fire at left.
Engraving depicting a muscular male figure wrestling a rearing horse by its bridle chain, with a fallen figure on the ground at right and additional figures visible near stone walls in the background; dense cross-hatching throughout.
Engraving depicting a herd of five horned cattle in dynamic motion, filling the foreground, while a lightly draped male figure carrying a staff stands at upper left beneath a tree, rendered with fine crosshatched lines.
Engraving of a nearly nude male figure drawing a bow and arrow toward a large winged dragon with outstretched claws and a coiled tail, set in a landscape with trees and clouds; fine cross-hatched linework throughout.
Engraving of a muscular male figure wielding a club against a multi-headed beast with scaled body and snarling animal heads, set in a rocky landscape with a demonic face visible at left; fine crosshatched linework throughout.

Antonio Tempesta, Nicolo Van Aelst, Hercules and the Nemean Lion, 1608, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles County Fund, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Nicolo Van Aelst
Artist or Maker
Antonio Tempesta
Title
The Labors of Hercules
Place Made
Italy
Date Made
1608
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet (each): 4 × 5 3/4 in. (10.16 × 14.61 cm) Image (each): 4 × 5 3/4 in. (10.16 × 14.61 cm)
Credit Line
Los Angeles County Fund
Accession Number
65.37.8-.17
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings
Selected Bibliography
  • Bartsch, Adam von. The Illustrated Bartsch. New York: Abaris Books, 1978.