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Hercules and Cacus by Hendrick Goltzius — VisualArtsDB

Hercules and Cacus

Hercules and Cacus

Hendrick Goltzius

1588

Medium: Chiaroscuro woodcut from three blocks in yellow and gray-green on paper
Dimensions: Block: 40.4 × 32.4 cm (15 15/16 × 12 13/16 in.); sheet: 41.2 × 33.1 cm (16 1/4 × 13 1/16 in.)
Genre: print
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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