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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M9843
People
Hendrick Goltzius, Dutch (Mühlbracht 1558 - 1617 Haarlem, Netherlands)
Title
Hercules Killing Cacus
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
16th-17th century
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Netherlands
Culture
Netherlandish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/256900

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Chiaroscuro woodcut printed from three blocks in black and two shades of brown inks on white antique laid paper, with letterpress printer's legend below
Technique
Chiaroscuro woodcut
Dimensions
block: 40.8 × 33 cm (16 1/16 × 13 in.)
sheet: 42.1 × 33.7 cm (16 9/16 × 13 1/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: bottom of sheet, black letterpress: Ghedruckt tot Amsterdam by Willem Ianssen, in de vergulde Sonnewyser.
  • inscription: left edge, center, cut from dark tone block: Ao 88 HG[monogram] oltzius Inue.
  • collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with graphite numbering below: [Fogg Museum accession stamp (Lugt 936)] 4843
  • collector's mark: verso, graphite: s[in a cicle] S / WX- [Horace M. Swope (Lugt 2368a)]
  • inscription: verso, various graphite inscriptions: af. / B. 372. 3.31.12 Goltzius

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Horace M. Swope, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1940

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
II/II
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein 304, Bartsch 231

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Horace M. Swope, Class of 1905
Accession Year
1940
Object Number
M9843
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Florian Rodari, Anatomie de la couleur: l’invention de l’estampe en couleurs, exh. cat., Bibliothèque Nationale de France and Musée Olympique Lausanne (Paris, 1996), cat. 30, p. 36 [not Harvard impression, related bibliography]

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