Artist
Hendrick Goltzius (Dutch, 1558–1617)Dutch, 1558–1617
Publisher
Herman Adolfsz.(Dutch, active 1607)Dutch, active 1607
CultureDutch
Titles
- The Emperor Commodus as Hercules
Datec. 1592
PlaceNetherlands
MediumEngraving on laid paper, state I/I
DimensionsPlate: 16 3/8 x 11 3/4 in. (41.6 x 29.8 cm)
Sheet: 17 3/4 x 12 3/4 in. (45.1 x 32.4 cm)
Sheet: 17 3/4 x 12 3/4 in. (45.1 x 32.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Marjorie G. and Evan C. Horning Print Fund
Object number98.531
Not on view
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Department
Prints and DrawingsObject Type
Exhibition History"Vignettes: Masterworks on Paper 1520 to 1870," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, January 14–April 16, 2017.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, in plate, lower center: Hercules AAE IKAA KO / Inscript Roman Comodus Imperator
Recto: Signed in printed ink, in plate, bottom center: HGoltzius sculpt. Cum privil Sa.Ca.M. / Herman Adolfz. excud. Harrlemen
Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, in plate, bottom edge: Telemonis autum victor Alcides Subl, / Telemone natum fovi, et Aiacem Sinu / statua antiqua Romae in palatio Pontificus belle vider, / opus posthumum KTroltzy iam prunum divulgatum An. M.D.C.X.VII. [possibly] Spolys leonis implicans votum dedi / fata corpus vulnere intactum darent Schreve.
Recto of mount: Inscribed in graphite: Low Countries / Henry Goltzius / born 1558 / died 1617 in Italy
Recto: Signed in printed ink, in plate, bottom center: HGoltzius sculpt. Cum privil Sa.Ca.M. / Herman Adolfz. excud. Harrlemen
Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, in plate, bottom edge: Telemonis autum victor Alcides Subl, / Telemone natum fovi, et Aiacem Sinu / statua antiqua Romae in palatio Pontificus belle vider, / opus posthumum KTroltzy iam prunum divulgatum An. M.D.C.X.VII. [possibly] Spolys leonis implicans votum dedi / fata corpus vulnere intactum darent Schreve.
Recto of mount: Inscribed in graphite: Low Countries / Henry Goltzius / born 1558 / died 1617 in Italy
Recto: Signed in printed ink, in plate, bottom center: HGoltzius sculpt. Cum privil Sa.Ca.M. / Herman Adolfz. excud. Harrlemen
Catalogue raisonnéBartsch 144, Hollstein 146
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Hendrick Goltzius
1588
Engraving on laid paper, state I/III
98.121
Hendrick Goltzius
1592
Engraving on laid paper, state II/V
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Hendrick Goltzius
1592
Engraving on laid paper, state II/V
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Hendrick Goltzius
1592
Engraving on laid paper, state II/V
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Hendrick Goltzius
1592
Engraving on laid paper, state II/V
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Hendrick Goltzius
1592
Engraving on laid paper, state II/V
2020.54.6
Hendrick Goltzius
1592
Engraving on laid paper, state II/V
2020.54.7
Hendrick Goltzius
1592
Engraving on laid paper, state II/V
2020.54.1
Hendrick Goltzius
1592
Engraving on laid paper, state II/V
2020.54.2