Collection
Hendrick Goltzius
(Netherlands 1558–1617)
- Title
- Pluto
- Year
- circa 1594
- Media category
- Materials used
- chiaroscuro woodcut
- Dimensions
-
34.7 x 26.2cm image (oval); 39.2 x 29.0cm sheet (irreg.)
- Signature & date
- Signed l.c., [incised block] "I.G...". Not dated.
- Credit
- Purchased 1983
- Accession number
- 228.1983
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
Pluto, also called Hades, ruled over the land of the dead and very rarely allowed anyone to return from his kingdom. With his back turned to the viewer Pluto surveys the flaming scene. Next to him the five rivers of the underworld – Lethe, Styx, Cocytus, Phlegethon, and Acheron – are spilling from an urn. In the background the lost souls meet the three infernal judges.
- Bibliography (2)
-
Nicolas Draffin, Piety and Paganism 1991, 'Introduction', pg. 3-5, Sydney, 1991, 4, back cover (colour illus.), 15. no catalogue numbers
Renée Free, The Art Gallery of New South Wales collections, 'The Western Heritage, Renaissance to Twentieth Century', pg. 108-172, Sydney, 1994, 113 (colour illus.).
- Exhibition history (3)
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Piety and Paganism, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 13 Jul 1991–29 Sep 1991
Light from Shadow, the role of chiaroscuro in spatial imaging, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Paddington, 22 Oct 2003–29 Nov 2003
Old Europe: Prints & drawings from the collection 1500-1800, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 03 Jun 2006–06 Aug 2006
