Hercules as Heroic Virtue Overcoming Discord

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Hercules as Heroic Virtue Overcoming Discord

c. 1630

Christoffel Jegher (Flemish, baptized 1596–died 1652/53) After Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish (active Italy, Antwerp, and England), 1577–1640)

The painter Peter Paul Rubens worked closely with Christoffel Jegher, a woodcutter in Antwerp, to produce woodcuts after his designs. This print is a remarkable example of Jegher’s skill at adapting techniques developed through drawing and engraving such as swelling lines and cross-hatching. The dynamism of this violent scene twists up through the dimensionality of the forms conveyed entirely in overlapping, curving lines.

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Object Details

Titles:

Hercules as Heroic Virtue Overcoming Discord
Hercules Fighting Fury and Discord

Date:

c. 1630

Artists:

Christoffel Jegher (Flemish, baptized 1596–died 1652/53) After Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish (active Italy, Antwerp, and England), 1577–1640)

Medium:

Woodcut

Dimensions:

Block: 23 5/8 x 14 inches (60 x 35.6 cm) Sheet: 24 1/16 x 14 7/16 inches (61.1 x 36.7 cm)

Classification:

Prints

Credit Line:

The Muriel and Philip Berman Gift, acquired from the John F. Lewis Collection given to the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in 1933 by Mrs. John F. Lewis, with funds contributed by Muriel and Philip Berman, gifts (by exchange) of Lisa Norris Elkins, Bryant W. Langston, Samuel S. White 3rd and Vera White, with additional funds contributed by John Howard McFadden, Jr., Thomas Skelton Harrison, and the Philip H. and A.S.W. Rosenbach Foundation

Accession Number:

1985-52-6

Geography:

Made in Antwerp, Southern Netherlands (modern Belgium), Europe

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