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Aether (from the Demogorgon and the Deitiesseries, 1 of 7 blocks)
Designed by: Hendrick Goltzius (Dutch, 1558–1617)
about 1594
Medium/Technique
Chiaroscuro woodcut, printed from three blocks in yellow-brown, brown, and black
Dimensions
Sheet (cut to oval line block border): 35.3 x 26.8 cm (13 7/8 x 10 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession Number63.606
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch 234, i; Hirschmann 371; Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish, vol. VIII) 371; Strauss 419; TIB comm. 0301.234; Bialler 1983, cat. no. 10; Leesberg (New Hollstein, Dutch & Flemish, Goltzius, part II) 299 (Ic/Ic)
Signed
Signed in line block, lower center: HG.fe.
Marks
Watermark: [two crowns?]; verso, in black in: O.E. 1/76; in graphite: (456) Allen; collector's stamp in brown ink [twice, overlapping]: [W. G. Allen, L. 3590]; MFA stamp with accession number in graphite: 63.606
ProvenanceWilliam Goodwin Russell Allen (b. 1882 - d. 1955; Lugt 3593), Boston; May 8, 1963, his bequest to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 8, 1963)