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The Dragon Devouring the Companions of Cadmus by Hendrick Goltzius — VisualArtsDB

The Dragon Devouring the Companions of Cadmus

The Dragon Devouring the Companions of Cadmus

Hendrick Goltzius

1588

Medium: Engraving of black in on Ivory laid paper
Dimensions: Image: 24 × 31.7 cm (9 1/2 × 12 1/2 in.); Plate: 25.1 × 32.1 cm (9 15/16 × 12 11/16 in.); Sheet: 30.2 × 37.3 cm (11 15/16 × 14 11/16 in.)
Genre: engraving
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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Mythologyengravingprintprints and drawingpaper (fiber product)

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