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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
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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

Verification Level

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