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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
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.