GENERAL DESCRIPTION
This energetic composition is one of Albrecht Dürer's earliest independent woodcuts. Its subject is inscribed on the scroll shown on the upper edge, "Ercules." Cacus was a fierce warrior who robbed Hercules of cattle while he slept. Once Hercules discovered his loss, he tracked the thief Cacus to his lair and slew him. The young woman represents Cacus's sister, who betrayed her brother to Hercules; thus guilty of fratricide, she is shown being pursued by an avenging Fury.
Excerpt from
Carl Wuellner, DMA Label copy, December 2003.
NOTES
Changed the object name from Print to Woodcut. Changed the medium from Woodcut to ink on paper.
Add information to existing TMS label copy by Wuellner. The texts were written for "With Black Lines Only: Engravings and Woodcuts by Albrecht Dürer" (December 21, 2003- March 28, 2004).
Deleted the text in the exhibition history field for "With Black Lines Only" because it was duplicated by an exhibition record already entered in TMS and related to this object.
Added the following exhibition as to the exhibition history text field (because it was not a DMA exhibition). This exhibition was on a typescript page along with four other exhibitions and eleven Dürer object numbers. The other four exhibitions already have TMS records and are linked to the correct objects.
1982: "Depictions of the Advent in Early European Art," Tyler Museum of Art, Tyler, TX, December 12, 1982- February 6, 1983
Title variant in object file- Hercules and Iola- possibly incorrect title assigned when accessioned
Catalogue raisonne
Bartsch- 127
Kurth 99
Meder 238
These individuals were not added to TMS at this time because I was unsure about their usefulness in connecting multiple objects in the collection:
Consider Hercules as individual CC in the future.
Hercules: CONA: 1000042
CONA notes: Herakles was one of the most famous Greco-Roman heroes, son of Zeus and the mortal Alcmena. He is typically identified by his attributes, the skin of the Nemean Lion and a gnarled club; in mosaic he is shown tanned bronze. He is known for his super-human strength, which was tested in a series of tasks known as The Twelve Labours of Herakles.
Fury
Provenance (not public)
n.d.: Henry Van den Bergh, London [1]
Until 1962: Calvin J. Holmes, Dallas, TX
From 1962: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, gift from the above [2]
[1] The original registration card for this object in the DMA Collections Records Object File includes this line of provenance as the owner prior to Holmes acquiring the print for the Museum. The time period and transaction are not specified.
[2] The name of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, founded in 1933, was changed to the Dallas Museum of Art in 1983.
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Place of origin: Nuremberg (Germany): TGN: 7004334
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- Inside Albrecht Dürer's Studio-Woodcut~Watch this demonstration and explanation of the woodcut process created by the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute for the exhibition, The Strange World of Albrecht Dürer (November 14, 2010- March 13, 2011).
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General Description
This energetic composition is one of Albrecht Dürer's earliest independent woodcuts. Its subject is inscribed on the scroll shown on the upper edge, "Ercules." Cacus was a fierce warrior who robbed Hercules of cattle while he slept. Once Hercules discovered his loss, he tracked the thief Cacus to his lair and slew him. The young woman represents Cacus's sister, who betrayed her brother to Hercules; thus guilty of fratricide, she is shown being pursued by an avenging Fury.
Excerpt from
Carl Wuellner, DMA Label copy, December 2003.
Fun Facts
Archival Resources
Web Resources
- Inside Albrecht Dürer's Studio-Woodcut~Watch this demonstration and explanation of the woodcut process created by the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute for the exhibition, The Strange World of Albrecht Dürer (November 14, 2010- March 13, 2011).
Notes
Changed the object name from Print to Woodcut. Changed the medium from Woodcut to ink on paper.
Add information to existing TMS label copy by Wuellner. The texts were written for "With Black Lines Only: Engravings and Woodcuts by Albrecht Dürer" (December 21, 2003- March 28, 2004).
Deleted the text in the exhibition history field for "With Black Lines Only" because it was duplicated by an exhibition record already entered in TMS and related to this object.
Added the following exhibition as to the exhibition history text field (because it was not a DMA exhibition). This exhibition was on a typescript page along with four other exhibitions and eleven Dürer object numbers. The other four exhibitions already have TMS records and are linked to the correct objects.
1982: "Depictions of the Advent in Early European Art," Tyler Museum of Art, Tyler, TX, December 12, 1982- February 6, 1983
Title variant in object file- Hercules and Iola- possibly incorrect title assigned when accessioned
Catalogue raisonne
Bartsch- 127
Kurth 99
Meder 238
These individuals were not added to TMS at this time because I was unsure about their usefulness in connecting multiple objects in the collection:
Consider Hercules as individual CC in the future.
Hercules: CONA: 1000042
CONA notes: Herakles was one of the most famous Greco-Roman heroes, son of Zeus and the mortal Alcmena. He is typically identified by his attributes, the skin of the Nemean Lion and a gnarled club; in mosaic he is shown tanned bronze. He is known for his super-human strength, which was tested in a series of tasks known as The Twelve Labours of Herakles.
Fury
Provenance (not public)
n.d.: Henry Van den Bergh, London [1]
Until 1962: Calvin J. Holmes, Dallas, TX
From 1962: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, gift from the above [2]
[1] The original registration card for this object in the DMA Collections Records Object File includes this line of provenance as the owner prior to Holmes acquiring the print for the Museum. The time period and transaction are not specified.
[2] The name of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, founded in 1933, was changed to the Dallas Museum of Art in 1983.
Catalogue essays
Artist/designers
Cultures
Geography
Place of origin: Nuremberg (Germany): TGN: 7004334
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Historical periods
Individuals
Subject terms
clouds
trees
castle
ship
foreground
background
scale
figures
nude
woman
man
sword
club (weapon)
death
suit of armor
grasses
beard
battle
thief
murder
mythological
vengeance
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