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Summary

Hendrik Goltzius : The Great Hercules (

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Artist



Alternative names	Hendrick Goltius, Hendrick Goltz, Hendrick Golzius, Hendrick van Bracht, Hendricus Goltzius, Henricus Goltzius, Hendrick Gols, Hendrik Gols, Hendrik Goltz, Hendrik Goltius, Henrik Golzius
Description	Dutch printmaker, painter, drawer and publisher
Date of birth/death	February 1558	1 January 1617
Location of birth/death	Bracht, Brüggen	Haarlem
Work period	1577-1617
Work location	Duisburg (1561), Haarlem (1577-1590), Italy (1590-1591), Haarlem (August 1591-1617)
Authority file	: Q165367 VIAF : 19737376 ISNI : 0000000080985671 ULAN : 500023327 LCCN : n50034471 NLA : 35132597 WorldCat

Title

The Great Hercules

Date

1589

Medium

engraving on laid paper

Dimensions

sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 56.5 x 40.9 cm (22 1/4 x 16 1/8 in.)

Collection

National Gallery of Art

	Native name	National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
	Location	Washington, D.C. , United States of America
	Coordinates	38° 53′ 29″ N, 77° 01′ 12″ W
	Established	17 March 1941
	Website	www.nga.gov
	Authority file	: Q214867 VIAF : 3064149198328574940008 ISNI : 0000000123753994 ULAN : 500115983 LCCN : n79054426 NAID : 10479068 WorldCat

Accession number

1988.6.1

Credit line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Source/Photographer

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