Hercules and Cacus

c. 1515/1520

Master of 1515

Artist, Italian, 1483 - 1548

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 19.6 x 15.4 cm (7 11/16 x 6 1/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1943.3.5833

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hind 'Engravings', Vol. 5, p.284, no. 5, State ii/ii


Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1948

  • Fiftieth Anniversary Exhibition of the Art of Europe During the XVIth-XVIIth Centuries, Worcester Art Museum, 1948.

1949

  • Early Italian Engravings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1949, no catalogue.

1953

  • Masterpieces of Graphic Art from the Rosenwald Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1953-1954, no catalogue.

1955

  • Miniatures and Prints from the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1955, no catalogue.

1973

  • Prints of the Italian Renaissance, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1973, no. 235.

Bibliography

1938

  • Hind, Arthur M. Early Italian Engraving; a critical catalogue with complete reproductions of all the prints described. 7 vols. London: Bernard Quaritch Ltd., 1938-1948.

1973

  • Levenson et al. 1973, no.166.

Watermarks

present but not identified

Wikidata ID

Q65023837


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