PrintsNetherlandish16th-17th century

Hercules Killing Cacus

16th-17th century

Artists

Hendrick GoltziusArtist

Classification

Prints

Technique

Chiaroscuro woodcut

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

Culture

Netherlandish

Century

16th-17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Prints

Dimensions

block: 40.8 × 33 cm (16 1/16 × 13 in.) sheet: 42.1 × 33.7 cm (16 9/16 × 13 1/4 in.)

Provenance

Horace M. Swope, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1940

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