The Combat of Vitue and Pleasure in the Presence of Hercules, 1498

Title

The Combat of Vitue and Pleasure in the Presence of Hercules

Artist

• Albrecht Dürer

Period Produced

• 15th century

Object Type

• art print

Physical Description

Kupferstich

Material

• handmade paper

Technique

• copperplate engraving

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Monogrammiert unten Mitte: AD

Watermark

• Meder 20 (Hohe Krone)

Work Catalogues

• Bartsch VII.86.73
• Meder 1932.94.63
• Schoch/Mende/ Scherbaum 1.76.22
• Hollstein German VII.56.63
• TIB 1001.073

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• mythological representation
• historical narration
• nude
• allegory
• landscape

Main Motif

• force
• jealousy
• Hercules
• Gelosia
• Peccato
• woman
• man
• group of people
• animal

Persons Shown

• Hercules
• Gelosia
• Peccato

Associated Persons and Institutions

• Ira

Illustrated Passage

• Xenophon: Memorabilien, 2. Buch, 1,21-34

Primary

• 57AA76 Jealousy; 'Gelosia', 'Rammarico del ben'altrui' (Ripa)
• 94L72 Hercules at the cross-roads, 'Herkules am Scheidewege': the choice of Hercules
• 92L41 satyr(s) (in general)

Secondary

• 25I5 landscape with tower or castle
• 45C12(CLUB) weapons for striking a blow: club
• 25G3 trees

Associative

• 54A5 Goodness; 'Bontà' (Ripa)
• 11N1 Vice, Evil, Sin; 'Peccato' (Ripa)