id: 159194
accession number: 1995.38
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The Great Hercules or 'Knollenman', 1589. Hendrick Goltzius (Dutch, 1558–1617). Engraving; sheet: 56.3 x 40.1 cm (22 3/16 x 15 13/16 in.); image: 54.2 x 40 cm (21 5/16 x 15 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland 1995.38
title: The Great Hercules or 'Knollenman'
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creation date: 1589
creation date earliest: 1589
creation date latest: 1589
current location:
creditline: Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland
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culture: Netherlands, 16th century
technique: engraving
department: Prints
collection: PR - Engraving
type: Print
find spot:
catalogue raisonne: Hollstein 143 (VIII); New Hollstein XXIV.pt. 1.257.156, state I/II
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CREATORS
* Hendrick Goltzius (Dutch, 1558–1617) - artist
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measurements: Sheet: 56.3 x 40.1 cm (22 3/16 x 15 13/16 in.); Image: 54.2 x 40 cm (21 5/16 x 15 3/4 in.)
state of the work: I/II
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support materials:
description: cream(3) laid paper
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inscriptions:
inscription: lower left, in plate: HG[in monogram]oltzius Invent. et sculpt. A°.1589. ; across bottom, in plate: Amphityoniadae virtus terraque marique / Quem latet? et tanti saeua nouerca mali? / Ille tot expositus monstris, Hydraeque, tricorpor / Geryon atque tibi, flammiuomoque Caco. / Ille hîc Antaeum, et superat te Acheloe bicornem; / Naiades at truncum fruge ferace beant.
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Mannerism: Italian, French, and Netherlandish Prints, 1520-1620
opening date: 1997-08-03T00:00:00
Mannerism: Italian, French, and Netherlandish Prints, 1520-1620. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 3-October 26, 1997).
title: From Rembrandt to Rauschenberg: Recently Acquired Prints
opening date: 2000-09-17T00:00:00
From Rembrandt to Rauschenberg: Recently Acquired Prints. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (September 17-November 26, 2000).
title: A Lasting Impression: Gifts of the Print Club of Cleveland
opening date: 2019-05-05T04:00:00
A Lasting Impression: Gifts of the Print Club of Cleveland. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 5-September 22, 2019).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; 8/3/97 - 10/26/97. "Mannerism: Italian, French, and Netherlandish Prints, 1520-1620."
* Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; September 17 - November 26, 2000. "From Rembrandt to Rauschenberg: Recently Acquired Prints."
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PROVENANCE
purchased from Hill-Stone, New York
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digital description:
The exaggerated and unnatural musculature of this figure may suggest that the Netherlandish artist Hendrick Goltzius had never studied a real human body. Indeed, he pulled from a mixture of sources including classical sculpture, Italian art, and his imagination. Goltzius ushered in Mannerism in Northern Europe, a style that featured exaggerated forms and metaphorical and allegorical subject matter. Known for his skill with an engraving burin, he transformed the technique, creating engraved lines that taper and swell to emphasize volume and form to extreme effect.
wall description:
Mannerism, a style that developed in Italy around 1520, can be considered both a continuation of and a reaction against the High Renaissance. While the art of the Italian master Raphael (1483-1520) exemplifies balanced compositions, ideal human proportions, credible perspective, and harmonious integration of the art of antiquity, Mannerist works distort realistic treatment of figures and space. Anatomy is exaggerated and space is illogical, creating an artificial elegance and sophistication. Mannerism soon spread throughout Europe, where it continued to be popular until the early 17th century.
The most important northern Mannerist artist was Goltzius, whose style was based upon the exaggerated musculature of figures depicted by Michelangelo (1475-1564).
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