Harvard Art Museums > M9849: Demogorgon in the Cave of Eternity Prints Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Demogorgon in the Cave of Eternity (Hendrick Goltzius) , M9849,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 25, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/256895. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number M9849 People Hendrick Goltzius, Dutch (Mühlbracht 1558 - 1617 Haarlem, Netherlands) Title Demogorgon in the Cave of Eternity Other Titles 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 print 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 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 The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. 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 This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
