# Hercules and Cacus

By [Hendrick Goltzius](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/artists/hendrick-goltzius.md>), 1588.

## Details

- Medium: chiaroscuro woodcut (in black, green, and yellow)
- Dimensions: Sheet: 42.8 x 33.9 cm (16 7/8 x 13 3/8 in.); Image: 41 x 33.2 cm (16 1/8 x 13 1/16 in.)
- Collection: [Cleveland Museum of Art](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/galleries/gallery-36a1fc18d246201d.md>)

[View collection record](<https://clevelandart.org/art/1975.60>)

- Categories: Print, Works on Paper
- Styles: [Northern Renaissance](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/styles/northern-renaissance.md>)

## Image

![Hercules attacks an opponent in a dark woodland scene crowded with muscular figures.](<https://api.art.jpamorgan.com/artifacts/source-36a1fc18d246201d-ec2fa105c0380a4c/full.jpg?v=f0874cf9808367be71bac0beb9ce98643b1c6de0c438b5af3c2c7801e6beff21>)

## Sources & credits

- The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1975.60. Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund. CC0 Open Access.
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Cleveland Museum of Art

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