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Tethys (from the Demogorgon and the Deities series, 1 of 7 blocks
Hendrick Goltzius (Dutch, 1558–1617)
about 1594
Medium/Technique
Chiaroscuro woodcut, printed from line block and two tone blocks in ochre and brown
Dimensions
Sheet (oval cut to block line border): 35.5 x 26.3 cm (14 x 10 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession Number63.608
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch 235; Hirschmann 368; Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish, vol. VIII) 368; Strauss 422; TIB comm. .235; Bialler 1983, cat. no. 7; Leesberg (New Hollstein, Dutch & Flemish, Goltzius, part II) 296 (IIIb/IIIb)
Signed
Signed in line block, lower right of center: HG. fe.
Marks
Watermark[?]; verso, collector's stamp in brown ink: [W. G. Allen, L. 3590]; MFA stamp with accession number in graphite: 63.608; in graphite: (457) Allen; c. 10392
ProvenanceWilliam Goodwin Russell Allen (b. 1882 - d. 1955; Lugt 3593), Boston; May 8, 1963, his bequest to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 8, 1963)