Hercules and Deianira
by GOSSART, Jan, Etching, 192 x 140 mm
This print clearly derives from Gossart’s painting Hercules and Deianira in the Barber Institute of Fine Arts, Birmingham. However, the attribution to Gossart is debated, the names of Hans Baldung Grien and Maerten van Heemskerck were also proposed as possible author. It may be that the plate was completed only partially in Gossart’s lifetime and was left unfinished until it was completed by another hand at a later date.