Hercules | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1938.56
People: Luca Cambiaso, Italian (Moneglia, Genoa, Italy 1527 - 1585 Madrid, Spain)
Title: Hercules
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 16th century
Places: Creation Place: Europe, Italy, Liguria, Genoa
Culture: Italian
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/298271

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Brown ink on cream antique laid paper darkened to brown
Dimensions: 27.5 × 15.1 cm (10 13/16 × 5 15/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Therese Kuhn Straus (Mrs. Herbert N. Straus), New York, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1938

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mrs. Herbert N. Straus
Accession Year: 1938
Object Number: 1938.56
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Agnes Mongan and Paul J. Sachs, Drawings in the Fogg Museum of Art, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, 1940), no. 76
Nathan Goldstein, Figure Drawing: The Structure, Anatomy, and Expressive Design of Human Form, Pearson Prentice Hall (Upper Saddle River, N.J., 2004), repr. as fig. 4.90 on p. 178, in b/w

Exhibition History

32Q: 2540 Renaissance, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 07/18/2018 - 11/15/2018

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1938.56: Hercules