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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

Location

Location
Level 2, Room 2400, European Art, 17th century, Rome and Its Influence in the Seventeenth Century
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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

Verification Level

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