LACMA

ShopMembershipMyLACMATickets
LACMA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
5905 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90036
info@lacma.org
(323) 857-6000
Sign up to receive emails
Subscribe
© Museum Associates 2026
  • About LACMA
  • Jobs
  • Host An Event
  • Unframed
  • Press
  • FAQs
  • Log in to MyLACMA
  • Privacy Policy
© Museum Associates 2026
Collections

Luca Cambiaso
Herculescirca 1544

Not on view
Gestural brown ink drawing on yellowed paper, a nude figure bent sharply forward with splayed feet, rendered in loose looping lines with large ink blots scattered across the surface

Luca Cambiaso, Hercules, circa 1544, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles County Fund, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Luca Cambiaso
Italy, Moneglia, Genoa, 1527-1585
Title
Hercules
Place Made
Italy
Date Made
circa 1544
Medium
Pen and brown ink
Dimensions
Sheet: 14 3/4 x 10 5/8 in. (37.5 x 27 cm)
Credit Line
Los Angeles County Fund
Accession Number
57.22.2
Classification
Drawings
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings
Selected Bibliography
  • Davis, Bruce. Master Drawings in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Stevens, Matthew, ed. Los Angeles : Los Angeles County Museum of Art; New York : Distributed by Hudson Hills Press, 1997.
  • Feinblatt, Ebria. Old Master Drawings From American Collections. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1976.

Related Unframed

Related Unframed

Summer Exhibitions at LACMA
Summer Exhibitions at LACMA
  • May 24, 2018
  • Chi-Young Kim
Dürer Prints at LACMA: Gifts from the Engel Collection
Dürer Prints at LACMA: Gifts from the Engel Collection
  • March 28, 2017
  • Naoko Takahatake
The Smallest Reigning Man: The Incroyable Doll
The Smallest Reigning Man: The Incroyable Doll
  • August 19, 2016
  • Clarissa M. Esguerra, Susan Schmalz, Charlotte Eng
French Revolutionary Fashion
French Revolutionary Fashion
  • August 3, 2016
  • Clarissa M. Esguerra
Walter Van Beirendonck: Serious Play
Walter Van Beirendonck: Serious Play
  • May 26, 2016
  • Kaye D. Spilker
Giving Life to Hercules: Q&A with Gabriele Tinti and Joe Mantegna
Giving Life to Hercules: Q&A with Gabriele Tinti and Joe Mantegna
  • March 21, 2016
  • Lucy Redoglia
This Weekend at LACMA
This Weekend at LACMA
  • March 4, 2016
  • Katie Antonsson
Hendrik Goltzius: A Mannerist with an Exuberant Touch
Hendrik Goltzius: A Mannerist with an Exuberant Touch
  • June 18, 2012