The Great Hercules or 'Knollenman'
1589
Sheet: 56.3 x 40.1 cm (22 3/16 x 15 13/16 in.); Image: 54.2 x 40 cm (21 5/16 x 15 3/4 in.)
Source image
https://clevelandart.org/art/1995.38
The exaggerated and unnatural musculature of this figure may suggest that the Netherlandish artist Hendrick Goltzius had never studied a real human body. Indeed, he pulled from a mixture of sources including classical sculpture, Italian art, and his imagination. Goltzius usher...
Drawing
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accession
1995.38
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Terms
Culture
Netherlands, 16th century
Technique
engraving
Medium
engraving
Genre
Print
Department
Prints
Relations
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