Art, literature & history
The Farnese Hercules
c. 1577
- Dating
- Approximate date range
- Held at
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Medium
- Engraving in black on cream laid paper
- Dimensions
- Plate: 36.4 × 22 cm (14 3/8 × 8 11/16 in.); Sheet: 50 × 35.8 cm (19 11/16 × 14 1/8 in.)
- Collection no.
- 2022.150
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
Giorgio Ghisi. The Farnese Hercules. Giorgio Ghisi; Art Institute of Chicago; The Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston Endowment Fund. CC0 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Full-frame proportional resize and JPEG compression.
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
About this artwork
The Farnese Hercules — Giorgio Ghisi. c. 1577.
Medium: Engraving in black on cream laid paper. Dimensions: Plate: 36.4 × 22 cm (14 3/8 × 8 11/16 in.); Sheet: 50 × 35.8 cm (19 11/16 × 14 1/8 in.).
Collection record: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.
Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.