Hercules and Cacus

Hendrick Goltzius Netherlandish

1588

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Title: Hercules and Cacus
Artist: Hendrick Goltzius (Netherlandish, Mühlbracht 1558–1617 Haarlem)
Date: 1588
Medium: Chiaroscuro woodcut printed from line block, and yellow and yellow-green tone blocks; second state
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1917
Object Number: 17.81
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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