M9849: Demogorgon in the Cave of Eternity
Prints
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- M9849
- People
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Hendrick Goltzius, Dutch (Mühlbracht 1558 - 1617 Haarlem, Netherlands)
- Title
- Demogorgon in the Cave of Eternity
- Other Titles
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Series/Book Title: Demogorgon and the Deities
Alternate Title: Demogorgon in the Cave of Eternity, with Ouroboros and Diana of Ephesus
Alternate Title: A Magician Casting Spells - Classification
- Prints
- Work Type
- Date
- c. 1588-1590
- Culture
- Dutch
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/256895
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Chiaroscuro woodcut printed from three blocks in black, pale orange, and green inks on white antique laid paper
- Technique
- Chiaroscuro woodcut
- Dimensions
- block (oval): 35 × 26.2 cm (13 3/4 × 10 5/16 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- inscription: in dark tone block, lowest cloud: HG[monogram].f
- collector's mark: verso, graphite: s[within a cricle]S / OX [Horace M. Swope (Lugt 2368a)]
- collector's mark: verso, brown stamnp with graphite numbering below: [Fogg Museum accession stamp (Lugt 936)] M9849
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Horace M. Swope, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1940
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- New Hollstein 294, Hollstein 374, Bartsch 238, Bialer 26b
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Horace M. Swope, Class of 1905
- Accession Year
- 1940
- Object Number
- M9849
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Publication History
- Susan Dackerman, ed., Prints and the Pursuit of Knowledge in Early Modern Europe, exh. cat., Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2011), cat. 97 p.384-385, repr.
Exhibition History
- Prints and the Pursuit of Knowledge in Early Modern Europe, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/06/2011 - 12/10/2011; Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Evanston, 01/17/2012 - 04/08/2012
- 32Q: 3440 Middle East, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 06/15/2023 - 09/21/2023
Verification Level
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