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Hercules Segers's Printed Paintings

March 9, 2017

By Nadine M. Orenstein

Curator Nadine Orenstein compares the dynamic range of colors and moods Hercules Segers created in different impressions of etchings made from a single printing plate.
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The Labors of Herakles

January 1, 2008

By Colette Hemingway

Herakles, the Greek hero of superhuman strength, was the son of the Greek god Zeus and Alkmene.
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Hercules Segers's Unique Three-Tone Etching Process

April 13, 2017

By Nadine M. Orenstein

Curator Nadine Orenstein outlines Hercules Segers's etching process using examples of the artist's work currently on view in the exhibition The Mysterious Landscapes of Hercules Segers.
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Hercules Segers: An Imaginist in a Land of Realists

January 12, 2017

By Nadine M. Orenstein

Curator Nadine M. Orenstein introduces readers to the 17th-century Dutch artist Hercules Segers, the focus of the upcoming exhibition The Mysterious Landscapes of Hercules Segers, opening February 13, 2017.
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Who Was Rembrandt's Favorite Artist?

February 7, 2017

By Nadine M. Orenstein

Curator Nadine M. Orenstein details the great admiration Rembrandt had for the work of Hercules Segers and highlights some of the etchings he produced using Segers's own printing plate.
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Hendrick Goltzius (1558–1617)

October 1, 2003

By Nadine M. Orenstein

One of the most important engravers and print publishers of his time, [Hendrick Goltzius] is most widely known today for the Mannerist engravings that he and his workshop produced during the period between 1585 and 1589.
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Artist Jeff Koons reflects on Roman sculpture in this episode of The Artist Project.
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The First Olympic Games

January 22, 2018

By The MetKids Editoral Team

The #MetKids editors share some fun facts and activities for the Olympic Games.
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After a model by Pietro da Barga (Italian, Florence, active 1574–88)

Date: modeled ca. 1576; cast 17th century
Accession Number: 64.101.1462

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Designed by Jacopo [Giacomo] Barozzi da Vignola (Italian, Vignola 1507–1573 Rome)

Date: ca. 1565–73
Accession Number: 58.57a–d

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Date: early 17th century
Accession Number: 1982.60.105

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Mario Cartaro (Italian, born Viterbo, active Rome ca. 1557–88, died 1620)

Date: 1552–88
Accession Number: 49.97.533

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Hendrick Goltzius (Netherlandish, Mühlbracht 1558–1617 Haarlem)

Date: ca. 1592, dated 1617
Accession Number: 17.37.59

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Giorgio Ghisi (Italian, Mantua ca. 1520–1582 Mantua)

Date: late 1570s
Accession Number: 26.50.1(159)

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Peter van Lint (Flemish, Antwerp 1609–1690 Antwerp)

Date: 1639
Accession Number: 2006.445

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Giovanni Pichler (Italian, Naples 1734–1791 Rome)

Date: ca. 1770–90
Accession Number: 39.22.46

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Johannes Antiquus (Dutch, Groningen, 1702–1750)

Date: 1726–50
Accession Number: 2003.97

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Johannes Antiquus (Dutch, Groningen, 1702–1750)

Date: 1726–50
Accession Number: 2003.96