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Hendrik Goltzius (after)
The Untangling of Chaos1589

Not on view
Engraving from Ovid's Metamorphoses, Book I: a bearded male figure seated atop a spiraling vortex, raising a streaming ribbon of light, surrounded by four wind-blowing faces emerging from clouds, with radiant feathered rays above
Artist or Maker
Hendrik Goltzius (after)
Northern Netherlands, 1558-1617
Publisher
Hendrick Goltzius
Northern Netherlands, 1558-1617
Text by
Franco Estius
Netherlands, fl. 1580 - 1594
Title
The Untangling of Chaos
Place Made
Holland
Date Made
1589
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 8 1/2 × 11 1/4 in. (21.59 × 28.58 cm) Image: 7 × 10 in. (17.78 × 25.4 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Irene Salinger in memory of her father, Adolph Stern
Accession Number
54.70.1a
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings
Selected Bibliography
  • Bartsch, Adam von. The Illustrated Bartsch. New York: Abaris Books, 1978.