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16-1/4 x 11-1/2 in. (sheet)
Accession NumberMcKee Fine Arts Purchase Fund
CopyrightPrints, Drawings, and Photographs
Color PalettePurchased by the Indianapolis Museum of Art in 1984.
Goltzius' fame was such that when he went to Italy in 1590, he travelled incognito to avoid admirers.
Among the ancient sculptures that Goltzius studied in Rome was the Farnese Hercules, which Goltzius treated unorthodoxly from the rear to give full play to his mastery of swelling engraved lines to define and enhance the titanic back.
The two bystanders have long been thought to represent Goltzius and his stepson, the engraver Jacob Matham.
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