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The Farnese Hercules: 23.K.2-89

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

The Farnese Hercules
Antique statues in Rome

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Goltzius, Hendrik

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Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1816) by Fitzwilliam, Richard, 7th Viscount

Dating

1590s
Production date: AD 1592

Note

State II

School or Style

Dutch/ Flemish

Techniques used in production

Engraving

Identification numbers

Accession number: 23.K.2-89
Primary reference Number: 119426
Bartsch: 143
Hollstein Dutch and Flemish: 145
Illustrated Bartsch: .143 S2
Hirschmann: 145
Strauss: 312

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 15 October 2025

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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