HENDRICK GOLTZIUS | HERCULES AND CACUS (BARTSCH 231; STRAUSS 403; BIALLER 25II/III)

Property from a Private Collection

HENDRICK GOLTZIUS

1558 - 1617

HERCULES AND CACUS (BARTSCH 231; STRAUSS 403; BIALLER 25II/III)

Chiaroscuro woodcut from three blocks, printed in black, brown and ochre, 1588, a very good impression, the tone blocks printing richly, though the line block printing dryly in places, Strauss’s second or third state (of four) (before Janssen’s address or with the address trimmed off), Bialler's I or III states (of VI), printing with very strong relief, unframed

sheet: 413 by 335mm 16¼ by 13⅛in