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The Dragon Devouring the Companions of Cadmus
Hendrick Goltzius1588
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
Middletown, United States
Details
- Title: The Dragon Devouring the Companions of Cadmus
- Creator: Hendrick Goltzius
- Date Created: 1588
- Signatures / Inscriptions: Signed in plate, lower left: “HGoltz.” (the “H” and “G” combined in monogram); dated in plate, lower left
- Print State: First of four states
- Object Type: Prints, works of art
- Object Link: See this artwork on the Davison Art Center website
- Object Credit Line: Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University. Friends of the Davison Art Center funds, 1987
- Materials & Techniques: Engraving on laid paper. Watermark: See Strauss 261 (the three watermarks described in detail appear to be present, but are obscured by discoloring verso and by image itself)
- Keywords: dragons, mythology
- Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
- Dimensions: Plate dimensions: 243 mm x 313 mm (9.57 in. x 12.32 in.). Sheet dimensions: 252 mm x 318 mm (9.92 in. x 12.52 in.).
- Bibliography: Bartsch 262 ; Strauss 261; Hirschmann 310
- Associated People: Created by Hendrick Goltzius (Dutch, 1558-1617)
- Accession Number: 1987.1.1
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