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Hercules and Telephos,
1592, printed 1617
Published by Hendrick Goltzius, 1558–1617; born Mülbracht, Netherlands; died Haarlem, Netherlands
Herman Adolfsz., Dutch, active 16th century
Herman Adolfsz., Dutch, active 16th century
x1934-674
Goltzius was praised throughout Europe during his lifetime as an extraordinary imitative artist who could observe, copy, and then surpass the works of his forebears and contemporaries. On a trip to Rome in 1591, Goltzius executed more than forty chalk drawings after celebrated antique statues that he saw in the Vatican and in other collections. Upon his return to Haarlem, he intended to engrave these as a series; however, only three were ultimately published, including the two on display. Through the controlled network of swelling and tapering lines interspersed with dots, Goltzius uses his virtuoso technique to transmit both the mass and the luminosity of polished marble.
Information
Title
Hercules and Telephos
Dates
1592, printed 1617
Maker
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
plate: 40 x 29.2 cm. (15 3/4 x 11 1/2 in.)
sheet: 41.8 x 30.6 cm. (16 7/16 x 12 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Junius S. Morgan, Class of 1888
Object Number
x1934-674
Place Made
Europe, Netherlands
Inscription
Signed in plate, lower left corner: HGoltzius sculpt. Cum privil / Sa. Ca. M
Address in plate, right corner: Herman Adolfz excud. Haerleman
Captioned on pedestal, lower center: HERCVLES [...] / Inscript’ Roman COMDVS IMPERATOR
Two Latin distichs by Theodorus Schrevelius in margin, lower left and right: Telamonis autam victor Alcides subl, / Telamone natum Fovi, et Aiacem sinu / Spotijs teonis implicans votum dedi, / cut fata corpus vulnere intactum darent.
Two lines of Latin in margin, center: Statua antiqua Roma in palatio Pontifias belle vider, / opus posthumum. HGoltzy iam primum divulgatum Ano. M.D.C.XVII.
Signed in plate in margin, lower right: Schreve
Marks/Labels/Seals
Collector's stamp in purple ink, verso lower left: Rudolph Peltzer (Lugt 2231)
Reference Numbers
Bartsch 45.144; Hollstein 146; New Hollstein 379; Strauss 313
Type
Materials
Techniques
Rudolf Peltzer [1825-1910, Lugt 2231]; sale of the collections of Rudolf Peltzer, Grégoire Stroganoff, and Friedrich Schindler, Stuttgart, May 2, 1913, lot 564; Junius S. Morgan [1867-1932]; bequeathed to Princeton University Art Museum, 1932.
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F.W.H. Hollstein, "Goltzius-Heemskerck," Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings, and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700, (Amsterdam: M. Hertzberger, 1953).
, no. 50 - Hendrik Goltzius and F. A. Den Broeder, Hendrik Goltzius and the Printmakers of Haarlem (Storrs: The University of Connecticut Art Museum, 1972)., x1934–674: no. 29
- Otto Hirschmann and E. W. Moes, Hendrik Goltzius, Verzeichnis des graphischen Werks (Braunschweig: Klinkhardt & Biermann, 1976)., no. 376
- Marjolein Leesberg, "Hendrick Goltzius," New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, 1450-1700 (Ouderkerk aan den Ijssel: Sound & Vision Publishers, in co-operation with the Rijksprentenkabinet, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 2012)., no. 31, p. 74 (illus.)
- Walter L. Strauss, ed., Hendrik Goltzius, 1558-1617: the complete engravings and woodcuts (New York: Abaris Books, 1977-)., no. 408
