PrintsDutch16th-17th century

Proserpine

c. 1588-1600

Artists

Hendrick GoltziusArtist

Classification

Prints

Technique

Chiaroscuro woodcut

Medium

Chiaroscuro woodcut printed from three bocks in black and two shades of brown ink on white antique laid paper

Culture

Dutch

Century

16th-17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Prints

Dimensions

block (oval): 34.9 × 25.8 cm (13 3/4 × 10 3/16 in.)

Provenance

Horace M. Swope, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1940

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