Hercules Killing Cacus
A muscular nude man in a cave raises his arms high, gripping the legs of a struggling figure while the captive writhes below. Other figures and scattered bones fill the rocky, shadowed setting of this olive-green chiaroscuro woodcut.
- Artist
- Hendrick Goltzius
- Date
- 1588
- Medium
- Chiaroscuro woodcut from three blocks in black, yellow and olive-green, on ivory laid paper
- Source
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Size
- 1686 × 2079 px
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Alfred E. Hamill
Español: Hércules matando a Caco
Un hombre musculoso y desnudo, en una cueva, levanta los brazos y sujeta por las piernas a una figura que forcejea en el suelo. Otras figuras y huesos dispersos llenan el escenario rocoso y sombrío de este grabado en madera de claroscuro verde oliva.
Português: Hércules matando Caco
Um homem musculoso e nu, numa caverna, ergue os braços e segura pelas pernas uma figura que se debate no chão. Outras figuras e ossos espalhados preenchem o cenário rochoso e sombrio desta xilogravura em claro-escuro verde-oliva.
