Hercules Killing Cacus
1588
Medium
chiaroscuro woodcut in olive green, black, and pale yellow on laid paper
Dimensions
sheet: 41.6 x 33.8 cm (16 3/8 x 13 5/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Dr. Ruth B. Benedict in honor of Andrew Robison and in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art
Accession Number
1991.63.1
About the Artist
Hendrik Goltzius
Hendrick Goltzius (1558–1617), born near Viersen in the Duchy of Jülich (modern Germany), emerged as the preeminent Dutch engraver of the Northern Mannerist era. From a lineage of artists—his great-grandfather and grandfather were painters in Venlo, and his father, Jan Goltz II, a glass painter—Goltzius began his training under his father in painting on glass. A childhood fire severely deformed hi...