Nox, plate seven from Demogorgon and the Deities
1588/90
Medium
Chiaroscuro woodcut from three blocks of black, ochre and olive green, on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 34.7 × 26.3 cm (13 11/16 × 10 3/8 in.); Sheet: 40.8 × 34 cm (16 1/8 × 13 7/16 in.)
Classification
woodcut
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
55550
About the Artist
Hendrick Goltzius · 1558–1617
Hendrick Goltzius (1558–1617) was the most celebrated engraver of the Northern Renaissance and a pivotal figure in Dutch Mannerism. Born near the German-Dutch border, Goltzius transformed printmaking into a virtuoso art form through his revolutionary 'swelling line' technique, where the burin was manipulated to create lines of varying thickness that produced unprecedented tonal effects and three-d...