G1666: Hercules and Telephos

Identification and Creation

Object Number

G1666

People

Hendrick Goltzius, Dutch (Mühlbracht 1558 - 1617 Haarlem, Netherlands)

Title

Hercules and Telephos

Other Titles

Series/Book Title: Three Famous Antique Sculptures
Alternate Title: Emperor Commodus as Hercules
Series/Book Title: Ancient Statues of Rome

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

c. 1592-1617

Places

Creation Place: Europe, Netherlands

Culture

Netherlandish

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/275148

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Engraving printed in black ink on white antique laid paper

Technique

Engraving

Dimensions

plate: 41.2 × 29.6 cm (16 1/4 × 11 5/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: in plate, bottom margin, to left, center, and to right: Telamonis aùtam victor Alcides ƒubl, / Telamone natúm Iovi et Aiacem ƒinú // Statúa antiqúa Romæ in palatio Pontificis belle vider, / opus posthumum HG[monogram]oltzy iam primum divulgatúm Ano. M.D.C.XVII. // Spolijs leonis implicans votúm dedi, / Vt fata corpus vulnere intactúm darent. / Schreve
• inscription: in plate, lower center on stone pedestal, center and to left and right: HERCVLES ΛΛEZIKAKOΣ / In ƒcript Romæ CŌMODVUS IMPERATOR. // HG[MONOGRAM]oltzius ƒculpt. Cum privil Sæ. M. // Herman Adolfz. excud. Haerlemen.
• inscription: verso, various graphite inscriptions: Mastei.t.s. [?] / gt. / p
• collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with graphite numbering within: [Gray Collection accession stamp (Lugt 4836) 1666

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Francis Calley Gray, bequest; to William Gray, his nephew, 1856, gift; to Harvard University, 1857

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number

New Hollstein 379; Bartsch 144; Filedt Kok P.5.2; The Illustrated Bartsch 0301.144

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray

Object Number

G1666

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Alan Chong and Lorenzo Principi, ed., The Sculpture of Giovan Angelo Montorsoli and His Circle: Myth and Faith in Renaissance Florence, exh. cat., Currier Museum of Art (Manchester, NY, 2018), cat. no. 21, repr.

Exhibition History

• The Sculpture of Giovan Angelo Montorsoli and His Circle: Myth and Faith in Renaissance Florence, Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, 10/13/2018 - 01/21/2019

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