TYPVS HERCVLIS GALLICI
TYPUS HERCULIS GALLICI [The Gallic Hercules Sitting on an Open Stage]
[Borcht, Petrus van der, c. 1535-1608]
[Plantijnsche Drukkerij]
Graphic
Print Statement 1
[Officina Plantiniana]
Antwerp]
[1602]
1 print : Etching ; plate mark 336 x 213 mm. on sheet 376 x 250 mm.
Paper
Latin
Netherlands
On top of the stage, in cartouche: "NON ARMIS OPVS."; Centre below, on socle: "TYPVS HERCVLIS GALLICI."
Pr. [18] of: Bochius, Joannes, 1555-1609, POMPAE TRIVMPHALIS
First state from 1599. Copy of the print coloured by hand in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam. Little evidence of woodworm, left hand-side of print.
Good
Heracles (Greek mythological character)Hercules (Roman mythological character)
Ceremonial entriesPersonification in art
Biblioteca Corsiniana
Fondo Corsini
117.I.1,tav.[21],pag.267
Link to mother card
117.I.1,tav.[1]-[33],pag.[1]-[511]
Link to album description
117.I.1
The New Hollstein, Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts 1450-1700, Hans Mielke and Ursula Mielke, Peeter van der Borcht. Book Illustrations, part V, ed. Ger Luijten, Ouderkerk aan den IJssel - Amsterdam, 2007, p. 154, 170, n. 2228
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