Harvard Art Museums > M9843: Hercules Killing Cacus Prints Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Hercules Killing Cacus (Hendrick Goltzius) , M9843,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, May 07, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/256900. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. 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 Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. 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] Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
