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Demogorgon in the Cave of Eternity (from the Demogorgon and the Deities series, 1 of 7 blocks)
Hendrick Goltzius (Dutch, 1558–1617)
designed about 1588-1590
Medium/Technique
Chiaroscuro woodcut, printed from line block and two tone blocks in light brown and dark brown
Dimensions
Sheet: 35.3 x 26.6 cm (13 7/8 x 10 1/2 in.) (cut to oval)
Credit Line
Bequest of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession Number63.611
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch 238, i; Hirschmann 373; Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish, vol. VIII) 373; Strauss 418; TIB comm. 238; Bialler 1983, cat. no. 5; Leesberg (New Hollstein; Dutch & Flemish, Goltzius, part II) 294 (Ic/Id)
Signed
Signed in the dark brown tone block, lower right of center: HG f
Marks
Watermark[?]; [impression is pasted to mount so verso cannot be seen]
ProvenanceWilliam Goodwin Russell Allen (b. 1882 - d. 1955; Lugt 3593), Boston; May 8, 1963, his bequest to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 8, 1963)