Gottwerdung Herculis · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture · Center for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Gottwerdung Herculis
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: Phocis; Ancient Greece
Description: This engraving takes place after Hercules was burned in a funeral pyre. The mortal piece of him was burned to death, but since he is the son of Jupiter, the immortal being within Hercules survived. This illustration depicts Jupiter in the clouds, welcoming his son Hercules into the heavens as he rides on the horse-drawn chariot. Once Hercules rejoins his father, he is made into a constellation in the sky.
Image Creator: Virgil Solis (Engraver)
Type: Text; Woodcut Engraving
Identifier: mta:22880
Language: ger
Source Name: P. Ouidij Nasonis, deß Sinnreichen und hochverstendigen Poeten, Metamorphoses oder Verwandlung, mit schönen figuren gezieret, auch kurzen Argumenten und außlegungen erkläret, und in Teutsche Reymen gebracht, durch Johann Spreng von Augspurg [Publius Ovidius Naso, the Ingenious and Highly Understandable Poet, Metamorphoses or Transformations, Adorned with Beautiful Images, and also descriptions of Short Arguments and Explanations, Brought into German Rhymes by Johann Spreng of Augsburg]
Parent Collection: 1564 Frankfurt Spreng
Image: mta_22880_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Ovid's Metamorphoses
Subject: Hercules; Jupiter; Gods; Goddesses; Immortality; Roman Mythology; Greek Mythology