The Farnesian Hercules, plate one from Three Famous Antique Sculptures

Prints and Drawings

c. 1592

Hendrick Goltzius (Dutch, 1558-1617)
text written by Theodorus Schrevelius

On a long-awaited pilgrimage to Italy in 1590 and 1591, the great Haarlem Mannerist artist Hendrick Goltzius made many studies after ancient and modern sculpture. This ancient Greek statue of Hercules by Lysippus was unearthed and restored around 1550 and placed in the Farnese Palace. Goltzius engraved only three statues of a projected series, and these were not printed until after his death, around 1617.

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Department: Prints and Drawings

Artist: Hendrick Goltzius
Title: The Farnesian Hercules, plate one from Three Famous Antique Sculptures
Place: Netherlands (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1587–1597
Medium: Engraving on paper
Dimensions: Image: 39.8 × 29.3 cm (15 11/16 × 11 9/16 in.); Plate: 41.5 × 30 cm (16 3/8 × 11 13/16 in.); Sheet: 45 × 33.4 cm (17 3/4 × 13 3/16 in.)
Credit Line: Mary S. Adams Endowment
Reference Number: 1989.171
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