G4613: The Great Hercules

Identification and Creation

Object Number

G4613

People

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

Title

The Great Hercules

Other Titles

Alternate Title: "Knollenman}

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

1589

Places

Creation Place: Europe, Netherlands

Culture

Dutch

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/274706

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Engraving printed in black ink off-white antique laid paper

Technique

Engraving

Dimensions

sheet: 57.5 × 42.9 cm (22 5/8 × 16 7/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: in plate, bottom of design area toward left: HG[monogram]oltzius Inuent. et Sculpt. Ao. 1589.
• inscription: in plate, below border line: [residue of the tops of letters of engraved inscription in lower margin]
• inscription: verso, graphite: 159

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State

i or ii/ii

Standard Reference Number

New Hollstein 156, Bartsch 142, Fildet Kok 54, TIB0301.142

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gray Collection of Engravings Fund

Object Number

G4613

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Susan Dackerman, ed., Prints and the Pursuit of Knowledge in Early Modern Europe, exh. cat., Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2011), cat. 31 p.152-153, repr.

Exhibition History

• Prints and the Pursuit of Knowledge in Early Modern Europe, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/06/2011 - 12/10/2011; Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Evanston, 01/17/2012 - 04/08/2012
• 32Q: 2400 French/Italian/Spanish, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 02/01/2024 - 08/05/2024

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