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Walker, Class of 1932","markings":"Watermark: circle with crescent","inscribed":"Dated and signed on rock, center left: Ao88 HGoltzius Inue. \r\n\r\nPrinted below plate, lower center: Ghedruckt t’Amsterdam by Willem Ianssenin de vergulde Sonnewyser.\r\n","signed":null,"catalograisonne":"Bartsch 72.231; Hollstein 373 iv; New Hollstein 304; Strauss 403","creditlinerepro":"","restrictions":null,"nowebuse":"False","secondaryobjectnumber":null,"campuscollections":"false","on_view":false,"accessionyear":"1978-01-01","newaccession":0,"titles":[{"title":"Hercules Killing Cacus","titletype":"Primary Title","displayorder":1}],"makers":[{"id":4891,"displayname":"Hendrick Goltzius","displaydate":"1558–1617; born Mülbracht, Netherlands; died Haarlem, Netherlands","datebegin":1558,"dateend":1617,"prefix":null,"suffix":null,"role":"Artist","displaymaker":"Hendrick Goltzius, 1558–1617; born Mülbracht, Netherlands; died Haarlem, Netherlands","displayorder":1}],"depicted":[],"texts":[{"texttype":"Online","textpurpose":"Gallery Label","textentryhtml":"<p>Goltzius became internationally renowned as a virtuoso printmaker after establishing a successful workshop in Haarlem in 1582. These two works demonstrate his mastery of both the human form and the chiaroscuro (literally “light and dark”) woodcut, an early color printing method involving multiple woodblocks inked in different hues. </p><p><br>Goltzius used the technique to dramatic effect in his depiction of Hercules carrying out one of his twelve labors: slaying the fire-breathing giant Cacus in order to rescue the cattle of Geryon, which Cacus had stolen from Hercules and trapped in his cave. Hercules is shown twice: in the foreground about to deliver the final blow, and in the right background removing a boulder at the cave’s entrance.</p>","remarks":"K1-3 Rotation October 2018"}],"media":[{"id":12758,"uri":"https://media.artmuseum.princeton.edu/iiif/3/collection/x1978-5_GS","isprimary":0,"rank":10,"mediatypeid":1,"mediaviewtype":"(not assigned)","restrictions":null,"caption":"Luna Digitization Project"},{"id":81845,"uri":"https://media.artmuseum.princeton.edu/iiif/3/collection/INV10043","isprimary":1,"rank":1,"mediatypeid":1,"mediaviewtype":"(not assigned)","restrictions":null,"caption":"Inventory Project"}],"hasimage":"true","bibliography":[{"boilertext":"\"Acquisitions of the Art Museum 1978,\" <EM>Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University </EM>38, no. 1 (1979): p. 14-<SPAN style=\"FONT-WEIGHT: normal\"><FONT color=#222222 face=Georgia><FONT color=#000000 face=Arial>38</FONT></FONT></SPAN>.","citation":"\"Acquisitions of the Art Museum 1978,\" <EM>Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University </EM>38, no. 1 (1979): p. 14-<SPAN style=\"FONT-WEIGHT: normal\"><FONT color=#222222 face=Georgia><FONT color=#000000 face=Arial>38</FONT></FONT></SPAN>., cover (illus.), p. 25","date":1979,"id":1861,"uri":"https://www.jstor.org/stable/3774571"},{"boilertext":"Walter L. Strauss, ed., <EM>Hendrik Goltzius, 1558-1617: the complete engravings and woodcuts</EM> (New York: Abaris Books, 1977-).","citation":"Walter L. Strauss, ed., <EM>Hendrik Goltzius, 1558-1617: the complete engravings and woodcuts</EM> (New York: Abaris Books, 1977-)., no. 403","date":0,"id":6312,"uri":"https://search.worldcat.org/title/3892205"},{"boilertext":"Otto Hirschmann and E. W. Moes, <EM>Hendrik Goltzius, Verzeichnis des graphischen Werks</EM> (Braunschweig: Klinkhardt &amp; Biermann, 1976).","citation":"Otto Hirschmann and E. W. Moes, <EM>Hendrik Goltzius, Verzeichnis des graphischen Werks</EM> (Braunschweig: Klinkhardt &amp; Biermann, 1976)., no. 373","date":1976,"id":6313,"uri":"https://search.worldcat.org/title/2324370"},{"boilertext":"Marjolein Leesberg, \"Hendrick Goltzius,\" <EM>New Hollstein Dutch &amp; Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, 1450-1700 </EM>(Ouderkerk aan den Ijssel: Sound &amp; Vision Publishers, in co-operation with the Rijksprentenkabinet, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 2012).","citation":"Marjolein Leesberg, \"Hendrick Goltzius,\" <EM>New Hollstein Dutch &amp; Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, 1450-1700 </EM>(Ouderkerk aan den Ijssel: Sound &amp; Vision Publishers, in co-operation with the Rijksprentenkabinet, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 2012)., no. 304, pp. 218–219 (illus.)","date":2012,"id":2900,"uri":"https://search.worldcat.org/title/795174860"},{"boilertext":"<P><SPAN style='FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: \"Arial\",sans-serif'>F.W.H. Hollstein, \"Goltzius-Heemskerck,\"&nbsp;<EM><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: \"Arial\",sans-serif'>Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings, and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700</SPAN></EM>, (Amsterdam: M. Hertzberger, 1953).<?xml:namespace prefix = \"o\" ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>","citation":"<P><SPAN style='FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: \"Arial\",sans-serif'>F.W.H. Hollstein, \"Goltzius-Heemskerck,\"&nbsp;<EM><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: \"Arial\",sans-serif'>Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings, and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700</SPAN></EM>, (Amsterdam: M. 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