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Hercules Defeating Cacus
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Colour woodcuts printed from three separate blocks are mainly known from Italy. Goltzius, who worked in Haarlem, was one of the few artists to use the technique in the Netherlands. He printed his woodcuts in atmospheric grey tones. These prints are extremely rare. Later impressions, printed in the Amsterdam workshop of Willem Jansz Blaeu, are more colourful but far less subtle.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineHercules Defeating Cacus. 1588. Hendrick Goltzius. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
