Hercules and the Cretan Bull

c. 1514/1515

Giovanni Antonio da Brescia

Associated Names
Giovanni Antonio da Brescia

Artist, Italian, active c. 1490 - 1525 or after

The image shows a man standing and carrying a bovine animal over his shoulders. The man is in profile, facing downwards towards the animal. He has defined facial features, short curly hair, and is nude, displaying a muscular build. His left hand supports the bovine's neck, while his right hand rests on its back leg. The background is simple, and the overall tone is monochrome with detailed shading to accentuate the forms of the man and the animal.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 21.4 x 15.7 cm (8 7/16 x 6 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1946.21.199

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hind 'Engravings', Vol. 5, p.41, no. 16, State ii

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1960

  • Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 1960, no cat.

2003

  • Gregori, Mina ed. The Radiance of Apollo: The Italian Renaissance and Greece. (Exh cat. National Gallery and Alexandros Soutzos Museum, Athens, 2003-2004).

  • "The Radiance of Apollo: the Italian Renaissance and Greece", National Gallery and Alexandros Soutzos Museum, Athens, 2003-2004, no. 716.

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.94.

Wikidata ID

Q65072769

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