GOSSART, Jan
(b. ca. 1478, Maubeuge, d. 1532, Middelburg)

Hercules Killing Cacus

1520s
Pen and brush and brown ink, over black chalk, 367 x 545 mm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

The painterly combination of pen and brush sets this sheet apart from all other known drawings by Gossart. Because the drawing is squared for transfer in black chalk, it has been thought to be preparatory to a painting, although no related work is known today.