id: 159194
accession number: 1995.38
share license status: CC0
url: https://clevelandart.org/art/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
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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
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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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description: cream(3) laid paper
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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, Cleveland, OH (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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