Hendrick GoltziusDutch, 1558–1617Hercules vecht met Geryoneus (?)
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Where is “Hercules vecht met Geryoneus (?)” now? Collection: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Unknown.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- Source
- The museum
About the work
Museum text in Dutch
Hercules vecht op een schip met twee mannen, geholpen door (of aangevallen door?) een aantal soldaten. Volgens TIB, Bartsch en Hol gaat het hier om het verhaal van Hercules' strijd tegen de drielijvige reus Geryoneus, maar dat is lastig in de voorstelling te herkennen. Onder de voorstelling een zesregelig Latijns gedicht.
Rijksmuseum
Details
- Accession number
- RP-P-1887-A-11462
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- Rijksmuseum
- Image: Rijksmuseum — public domain
In the life of Hendrick Goltzius
The whole life1575
Apprenticeship with Dirck Coornhert
His father placed Hendrick as an apprentice to the philosopher, theologian and engraver Dirck Volckertszoon Coornhert, then working in Xanten, so that his son could master the art of engraving.
1577
Move to Haarlem
He followed Coornhert to Haarlem, where he remained for the rest of his life. There the publisher Philips Galle hired him to engrave a series of prints on the story of Lucretia; in the following years Goltzius engraved after the designs of other artists for Coornhert and for Antwerp publishers.
1577
Teacher: Dirck Volckertszoon Coornhert
1579
Marriage to a wealthy widow
At 21 he married a wealthy widow considerably older than himself. The "unequal marriage" gave him economic independence: he bought a house, opened his own engraving workshop, and two years later took on two apprentices.
1580
Beginning of his own publishing activity
He apparently began publishing prints on his own.
late 1580s
Depression and consumption
From the late 1580s he suffered from depression and consumption; his family life was unhappy.
