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Oceanus (from the Demogorgon and the Deities series, 1 of 7 blocks)
Hendrick Goltzius (Dutch, 1558–1617)
about 1594
Medium/Technique
Chiaroscuro woodcut, printed from a tone block and two tone blocks in ochre and brown
Dimensions
Sheet: 35.6 x 27.5 cm (14 x 10 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession Number63.603
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch 232; Hirschmann 367; Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish, vol. VIII) 367; Strauss 421; TIB comm. 0301.232; Bialler 1983, cat. no. 6; Leesberg (New Hollstein, Dutch & Flemish, Goltzius, part II) 295 (Id/Id)
Signed
Signed in line block, at bottom left of center: HG. F
Marks
Verso, in graphite: (454) Allen; L; MFA stamp with accession number in graphite: 63.603; MFA stamp in brown: MFA/W.G. ALLEN BEQUEST [Lugt 3593]
ProvenanceWilliam Goodwin Russell Allen (b. 1882 - d. 1955; Lugt 3593), Boston; May 8, 1963, his bequest to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 8, 1963)