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Demogorgon in the Cave of Eternity,
c.1588–90
Derived from the Italian terms for light and dark, chiaroscuro relies on contrasts, created in woodcuts by printing blocks inked in different tones over a black line block. The technique originated in sixteenth-century Germany, was picked up in Italy, and then spread to the Netherlands, as evidenced in Hubert Goltzius’s book displayed on the opposite wall. Goltzius made several editions of this series, varying the ink colors each time. He began with the gray tones, then made a tan and green combination, and finally an ochre and brown edition.
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c.1588–90
Europe, Netherlands
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Walter L. Strauss, ed., <em>Hendrik Goltzius, 1558-1617: the complete engravings and woodcuts</em> (New York: Abaris Books, 1977-)., no. 418
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<p>F.W.H. Hollstein, "Goltzius-Heemskerck," <em>Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings, and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700</em>, (Amsterdam: M. Hertzberger, 1953).</p>, no. 374
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Otto Hirschmann and E. W. Moes, <em>Hendrik Goltzius, Verzeichnis des graphischen Werks</em> (Braunschweig: Klinkhardt & Biermann, 1976)., no. 374
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<em>Old Master and Modern Prints</em> 7 (1982)., no. 26 (illus.)
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"Acquisitions of the Art Museum 1982", <em>Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University</em> 42, no. 1 (1983): p. 50-70., p. 58
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Marjolein Leesberg, "Hendrick Goltzius," <em>New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, 1450-1700 </em>(Ouderkerk aan den Ijssel: Sound & Vision Publishers, in co-operation with the Rijksprentenkabinet, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 2012)., no. 294, p. 192 (illus.)
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