Farnese Hercules (c. 1592)
Hendrick Goltzius
Engraving
From the exhibition "Dürer, Munch, Miró - The Great Masters of Printmaking" in the ALBERTINA in Vienna www.albertina.at/en/exhibitions/duerer-munch-miro-the-gre...
The name Goltzius, it seems, doesn't sound sexy enough to be included in the title of such an exhibition, but actually it would definitely have belonged there, because Grotzius was most certainly a great master of printmaking.
Hendrick Goltzius (1558 - 1617) "was a German-born Dutch printmaker, draftsman, and painter. He was the leading Dutch engraver of the early Baroque period, or Northern Mannerism, lauded for his sophisticated technique, technical mastership and "exuberance" of his compositions." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hendrick_Goltzius
The Farnese Hercules is an ancient sculpture named after the place where the statue was installed as a collection piece in modern times, the Farnese Collection. "The items in the collection were acquired or requisitioned by Cardinal Alessandro Farnese, who became Pope Paul III (1534 - 1549)."* The statue is "probably an enlarged copy made in the early third century AD [...]. Like many other Ancient Roman sculptures it is a copy or version of a much older Greek original [...]"**, which is unknown in this case.
Farnese Hercules (c. 1592)
Hendrick Goltzius
Engraving
From the exhibition "Dürer, Munch, Miró - The Great Masters of Printmaking" in the ALBERTINA in Vienna www.albertina.at/en/exhibitions/duerer-munch-miro-the-gre...
The name Goltzius, it seems, doesn't sound sexy enough to be included in the title of such an exhibition, but actually it would definitely have belonged there, because Grotzius was most certainly a great master of printmaking.
Hendrick Goltzius (1558 - 1617) "was a German-born Dutch printmaker, draftsman, and painter. He was the leading Dutch engraver of the early Baroque period, or Northern Mannerism, lauded for his sophisticated technique, technical mastership and "exuberance" of his compositions." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hendrick_Goltzius
The Farnese Hercules is an ancient sculpture named after the place where the statue was installed as a collection piece in modern times, the Farnese Collection. "The items in the collection were acquired or requisitioned by Cardinal Alessandro Farnese, who became Pope Paul III (1534 - 1549)."* The statue is "probably an enlarged copy made in the early third century AD [...]. Like many other Ancient Roman sculptures it is a copy or version of a much older Greek original [...]"**, which is unknown in this case.