File:Hendrick Goltzius Pluto BM.jpg

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Artist
Hendrik Goltzius  (1558–1617)  wikidata:Q165367
 
Hendrik Goltzius
Alternative names
Hendrick Goltius, Hendrick Goltz, Hendrick Golzius, Hendrick van Bracht, Hendricus Goltzius, Henricus Goltzius, Hendrick Gols, Hendrik Gols, Hendrik Goltz, Hendrik Goltius, Henrik Golzius
Description Dutch printmaker, painter, drawer and publisher
Date of birth/death February 1558 Edit this at Wikidata 1 January 1617 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Bracht, Brüggen Haarlem
Work period 1577-1617
Work location
Duisburg (1561), Haarlem (1577-1590), Italy (1590-1591), Haarlem (August 1591-1617)
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q165367
Description

Pluto [from the series Gods and goddesses]. Chiaroscuro woodcut. size of oval: cm.; size of scanned sheet: cm.

English: Image depicts a standing nude male figure viewed from behind, crown on his head, brandishing a bident in his right hand, left arm stretched backwards; a jar with several spouts issuing liquid lies behind his right foot. Interpretation sourced from the Art Gallery of New South Wales : from the jar at right are spilling the five rivers of the underworld; the background shows flames, lost souls before three judges. [1] Interpretation sourced from the British Museum: the urn spouts depict four mouths of the rivers Acheron, Cocytus, Phlegethon and Styx; the souls are processing before the judges Aeacu, Minos and Rhadamanthys. (IdNum: W,5.41) [2]
Date between circa 1588 and circa 1590
date QS:P571,+1550-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1588-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1590-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Source/Photographer British Museum : Home : Info : Pic
Other versions
lower quality scan of another print from Los Angeles County Museum of Art
high quality scan of another print from the Art Gallery of New South Wales

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