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Proserpine, from The Deities by Hendrick Goltzius — VisualArtsDB

Proserpine, from The Deities

Proserpine, from The Deities

Hendrick Goltzius

1588–1590

Medium: Chiaroscuro woodcut from three blocks in ochre and brown on ivory laid paper
Dimensions: Block: 34.7 × 25.8 cm (13 11/16 × 10 3/16 in.)
Genre: print
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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inkprintlaid paperprints and drawingpaperwoodcut

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