The Labors of Hercules: Hercules Carrying the Columns of Gades

Hans Sebald Beham

Cleveland Museum of Art

Black and white image of a muscular man carrying two large cylindrical pillars on his shoulders. The man has short curly hair and wears a cloth wrapped around his waist. He stands on a stone floor with a cityscape in the background, including buildings with arches and a dome-shaped structure. The scene is framed by a border, with text at the top reading "GADITANAS COLVMNAS STATVIT HERCULES". A small box in the upper-left corner contains the numbers "1545" and "HSB".