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Proserpine, plate five from Demogorgon and the Deities
Hendrick GoltziusLinkedCulture matchlcp-6b28e43172af
- Date
- c. 1588–90
- Medium
- Chiaroscuro woodcut in black and two shades of gray on paper
- Culture
- Netherlands
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Object ID
- 36030
From the Art Institute of Chicago record
Although Goltzius's advances in line engraving found many followers, few pursued his equally original exploration of chiaroscuro woodcuts. This is one of a series of six oval-format chiaroscuro woodcuts of male and female goddesses. Persephone was abducted by Pluto to Hades and retrieved for six months each year by Demeter, her mother; with the establishment of this natural cycle, she is considered a symbol of fertility.
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- Credit line
- Gift of Alfred E. Hamill
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- Object type
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