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Hendrick Goltzius
Cadmus Sows the Dragon's Teeth Which Turn into Armed Menpublished 1615

Not on view
Engraving on cream paper depicting a helmeted female figure standing atop a coiled dragon while a male figure wrestles its jaws, with a battle scene in the distant right background

Hendrick Goltzius, Robert Willemsz. de Baudous, Cadmus Sows the Dragon's Teeth Which Turn into Armed Men, published 1615, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Mary Stansbury Ruiz, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

After
Hendrick Goltzius
Northern Netherlands, 1558-1617
Title
Cadmus Sows the Dragon's Teeth Which Turn into Armed Men
Place Made
Holland
Date Made
published 1615
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 7 × 10 1/8 in. (17.78 × 25.72 cm) Image: 6 7/8 × 9 7/8 in. (17.46 × 25.08 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mary Stansbury Ruiz
Accession Number
M.83.119.7
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings
Selected Bibliography
  • Bartsch, Adam von. The Illustrated Bartsch. New York: Abaris Books, 1978.
  • Hollstein, F. W. H. Dutch and Flemish Etchings, Engravings, and Woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Amsterdam: M. Hertzberger, 1949.