Harvard Art Museums > G1666: Hercules and Telephos 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 and Telephos (Hendrick Goltzius) , G1666,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, May 17, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/275148. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. 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 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 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 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
