Color code: #DDD8D0 Color code: #BEB8B0 Color code: #F6F4F0 Color code: #918A84 Color code: #68615B Color code: #403C37. Title: Farnese Hercules Artist: Hendrick Goltzius (Netherlandish, Mhlbracht 1558-1617 Haarlem) Date: ca. Goltzius designs in this period were influenced by Bartholomeus Spranger, court painter to Rudolf II. Headless statue at Izmit Archaeology and Ethnography Museum. He also created extraordinary colored chalk portraits of contemporary artists such as Pietro Francavilla (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam). Europe The ancient Roman statue known as the Farnese Hercules had been discovered in the Baths of Caracalla in Rome in 1546, and installed in a courtyard of the Farnese family's palace on the banks of the Tiber, where it was one of the highlights of the Roman tour for visiting scholars, connoisseurs, and artists. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. Jackie Hoffman! For more information, call (607) 2556464 or send an e-mail to museum@cornell.edu, Visit our Facebook page A significant factor in his decision must have been the theoretical tenets espoused by Van Mander. The Farnese Hercules shows to excellent advantage the virtuosic technique that Goltzius had developed, in which the swelling and tapering line pioneered by Cornelis Cort is exaggerated to the point that it becomes a focus of interest in itself. [6] Napoleon remarked to Antonio Canova that its omission from the museum he accumulated in Paris was the most important gap in the collection. Hendrick Goltzius reached his peak as a printmaker in the mid-1590s. Goltziuss particular fascination for this Antique work of art finds expression in the unusually low vantage point and in the admiring gazes of the two viewers, these most likely being the artist himself and his son-in-law Jacob Matham. Hendrick Goltzius (15581617). In Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. The artifice of Sprangers Mannerist figure style appears for instance in Apollo (51.501.3). A cookie is a small text file which will be saved on your computer or mobile device when you visit our website. (42.1 x 30.4 cm) Classification: Prints Credit Line: Gift of Henry Walters, 1917 Accession Number: 17.37.59 Hendrick Goltzius Title The Farnesian Hercules, plate one from Three Famous Antique Sculptures Place Netherlands (Artist's nationality) Date 1587-1597 Medium Engraving on paper Dimensions Image: 39.8 29.3 cm (15 11/16 11 9/16 in. Karel van Mander, his biographer, described Goltzius as a rare Proteus who could assume all possible guises in his art, as he did in The Circumcision in his series The Early Life of the Virgin (17.37.36), known more familiarly as his Meisterstiche. Log In Download this work and make your own creation, piece of sculpture, reproduction of a piece of sculpture, Ein privilegiertes Medium und die Bildkulturen Europas : Deutsche, Franzsische und Niederlndische Kupferstecher und Graphikverleger in Rom von 1590 bis 1630, Hendrick Goltzius (1558-1617) : tekeningen, prenten en schilderijen, Goltzius-studies : Hendrick Goltzius (1558-1617), Dawn of the Golden Age : northern Netherlandish art 1580-1620 [ : 1 1993a], Die Zeichnungen von Hendrick Goltzius : mit einem beschreibenden Katalog, http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.367516, signature: HGoltzius sculp. His superb engravings. In myths about Heracles, killing the lion was his first task. Visit our Instagram page, University Privacy North America Prints, Credit Line: HENDRICK GOLTZIUS (1558-1617) The Farnese Hercules engraving, circa 1592, on laid paper, with an indistinct Fleur-de-Lys watermark, a fine, early impression, with wide margins, in very good condition, framed Plate 416 x 300 mm., Sheet 498 x 366 mm. Perhaps, as was suggested by the 18th-century Dutch artist and collector Cornelis Ploos van Amstel, they are a self portrait and a portrait of the artist's stepson Jacob Matham, who was also an engraver. sheet: 16 9/16 x 11 15/16 in. Leaning on his gnarled club, which is draped in the skin of the Nemean lion, he holds the golden apples stolen from the Hesperides, hiding them behind his back, in his right hand. Hendrick Goltzius, or Hendrik, (German: [gltsis]; Dutch: [ltsis]; January or February 1558 - 1 January 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. x 11 15/16 in .) Alessandro Farnese was well placed to form one of the greatest collections of classical sculpture that had been assembled since antiquity. Before photography, prints were the only way to put the image into many hands. It stood for generations in its own room at Palazzo Farnese, Rome, where the statue was surrounded by frescoed depictions of the hero's mythical feats that were created by Annibale Carracci and his studio, executed in the 1590s. Farnesian Hercules Hendrick Goltzius c. 1592 Kunsthalle Bremen Bremen, Germany Hendrick Goltzius, active in Haarlem, was reckoned to be among the foremost copper engravers in the Netherlands. The Farnese Hercules c. 1592 (published and dated 1617) Hendrick Goltzius (Dutch (active Haarlem), 1558-1617) Object Details We are always open to learning more about our collections and updating the website. Born in Germany near the border of the Netherlands, Goltzius was burned in a fire as a child, an accident that permanently damaged his right hand. Hendrick Goltzius reached his peak as a printmaker in the mid-1590s. In myths about Heracles, killing the lion was his first task. Together with the Flemish artist Bartholomus Spranger and his Mannerist figure ideal,. Hear about collections, exhibitions, courses and events from the V&A and ways you can support us. Annual Fund Check here for current hours and more. As the line winds around the forms, expanding and contracting, it gives great sculptural force to the curves and bulges of the hero's body. On them were placed two sculptures by Diego de Pesquera, in 1574, recognizing Hercules as founder of the city, and Julius Caesar, restorer of Hspalis. Cum privilig./Sa.Ca.M., caption: Domito triformiorbis Hercules. Teachers Een groot beeld van Hercules, op de rug gezien, leunend op zijn knots. He moved to Haarlem in 1577 and established his own print publishing business there around 1578. Brooke Shields! The publication in 1961 of E. Reznicek's catalogue rai-sonn of Goltzius's drawings, and an article by H. Miedema in 1969, established a theory on the . The rediscovered statue quickly made its way into the collection of Cardinal Alessandro Farnese, grandson of Pope Paul III. More information? You will receive mail with link to set new password. Leeflang, Huigen, et al. The Johnson Museum actively contributes to the intellectual life of our campus and community. Born in Germany near the border of the Netherlands, Goltzius was burned in a fire as a child, an accident that permanently damaged his right hand. Receive the Museums latest news and information. (https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/343588). The sculpture has been reassembled and restored by degrees. He has just performed one of the last of The Twelve Labours, which is suggested by the apples of the Hesperides he holds behind his back. The first was a copy of the Farnese Hercules, nearly the monumental size of the original. It forms a series with two other engravings of the Apollo Belvedere and the Emperor Commodus as Hercules. Hercules Farnese, Hendrick Goltzius, 1617, engraving, h 419mm w 303mm Goltzius had a masterful command of the burin. Farnese Hercules Hendrick Goltzius circa 1592 Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen Rotterdam, Netherlands Hendrick Goltzius reached his peak as a printmaker in the mid-1590s. Colossal statue of Hercules, uncovered at the baths in Hippo Regius (Annaba), Algeria. The statue is shown in the 1954 film Journey to Italy along with the Farnese Bull. Ancient copies of the statue include: After rediscovery of the Farnese Hercules, copies appeared in sixteenth and eighteenth-century gardens throughout Europe. 1592, dated 1617; Physical Dimensions: sheet: 16 9/16 x 11 15/16 in. 1592, dated 1617 Medium: Engraving Dimensions: sheet: 16 9/16 x 11 15/16 in. There, he studied works of art from Antiquity, among them, the famous statue of the Farnese Hercules, which had not been unearthed until the 1540s, and is located in the Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples, today. [1] Like many other Ancient Roman sculptures it is a copy or version of a much older Greek original that was well known, in this case a bronze by Lysippos (or one of his circle) that would have been made in the fourth century BC. We are committed to addressing these issues, and to review and update our records accordingly. The statue was purchased soon after its discovery by Cardinal Alessandro Farnese and displayed in the family's residence in Rome, the Farnese Palace, until the late eighteenth century. Like his illustrious predecessors Albrecht Drer and Lucas van Leyden, Goltzius expressed his artistic ambitions in scenes from the Bible, but he also illustrated episodes from classical mythology, often choosing erotic subjects. We continue to research and examine historical and cultural context for objects in The Met collection. Goltzius' fame was such that when he went to Italy in 1590, he travelled incognito to avoid admirers. #Engaged!? 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