The Farnese Hercules / Jacob Bos
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1994/2.17
- Title
- The Farnese Hercules
- Artist
- Jacob Bos
- Artist Nationality
- Dutch
- Artist Life Dates
- active c.1520-c.1580
- Medium and Support
- engraving on laid paper
- Object Creation Date
- 1562
- Object Creation Place
- Europe (continent)
- Italy (nation)
- Lazio (region)
- Roma (province)
- Rome (inhabited place)
- Creation Place 1
- Europe (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- Italy (nation)
- Creation Place 3
- Lazio (region)
- Creation Place 4
- Roma (province)
- Creation Place 5
- Rome (inhabited place)
- Style/Group/Movement
- Late Renaissance
- Inscription
- Inscribed in plate in image, LC below statue: "Omnium elegantissimum Herculis signum Gliconis Atheniensis peritissimi artificis manu fabre factu[m], Quod Paulo iij Pont. max[im]o. in/ thermarum antoninianar[um] ruderibus inuentum et in domus Farnesianë ad campum Florë interiori porticu locatum Ant. Lafrerius/ Sequanus aeneis formis diligenter expressit Anno [M] D LXII" (See object file for more accurate transcription.) Inscribed in plate, LR corner of pedestal, top face: "Jacobus Bossius Belga incidit" Inscribed in plate, on rock in image, in Greek (See object file for transcription.) Watermark: crossed arrows surmounted by star; somewhat similar to Briquet 6291, 6298, 6299, 6300.
- Dimensions
- 46 cm x 32.1 cm (18 1/8 in. x 12 5/8 in.)
- Century
- 16th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Primary Object Type
- study
- Physical Description
- This engraving reproduces a colossal marble sculpture of Hercules leaning upon his club, which is draped with a lion skin. Bos carefully records the powerful musculature of the figure and sets the statue within a niche.
- Subject Matter
- The engraving reproduces a statue that is itself a copy from the 3rd century CE of an original from the 4th century BCE. The monumental sculpture was unearthed in Rome in the 1540s, and quickly became one of the most famous and influential of all ancient sculptures. The statue was purchased soon after its discovery by Cardinal Alessandro Farnese and displayed in the family's residence in Rome, the Farnese Palace, until the late eighteenth century.
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- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 959 x 1399
- File Size
- 146 KB
- Record
- 1994/2.17
- Link to this Item
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"The Farnese Hercules; Jacob Bos." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1994-sl-2.17/1994_2.17.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 17, 2024.
