Hercules Killing Cacus

1554

Dirck Volckertz Coornhert

Associated Names
Dirck Volckertz Coornhert

Artist, Netherlandish, 1522 - 1590

Hieronymus Cock

Publisher, Netherlandish, 1518 - 1570

This is an image of a mythological scene. It shows two muscular figures in a struggle in a rocky terrain. One figure holds a weapon, while the other shows signs of tension and struggle. There are skeletal remains on the ground and a spectral head in the corner. The drawing style resembles an etching or engraving from the Renaissance period.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 35.9 x 26.9 cm (14 1/8 x 10 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1975.35.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, undescribed

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1993

  • Graven Images: The Rise of Professional Printmakers in Antwerp and Haarlem, 1540-1640, Mary and Leigh Block Gallery, Evanston, Illinois; Ackland Art Gallery, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, no. 4.

2001

  • The Unfinished Print, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2001.

Bibliography

1949

  • Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700. 8 vols. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1954-1868. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberge

Wikidata ID

Q65567739

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