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Nox, plate seven from Demogorgon and the Deities

A work made of chiaroscuro woodcut from three blocks of black, ochre and olive green, on ivory laid paper.

Nox, plate seven from Demogorgon and the Deities

Hendrick Goltzius · 1588/90

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Palette

Pale stone
49% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 12.0:1

Khaki
21% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.1:1

Olive
16% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.2:1

Olive brown
8% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.5:1

Sand
5% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.8:1

Fawn
1% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.9:1

Colours measured by this site from the museum image (k-means in CIELAB). Names are the nearest in our own list and describe how the colour looks, not the pigment. Text on each chip uses whichever of black or white contrasts more (WCAG ratio shown). How

Details

Artist: Hendrick Goltzius
Dutch, 1558-1617
Date: 1588/90
Type: Print
Medium: Chiaroscuro woodcut from three blocks of black, ochre and olive green, on ivory laid paper
Size: Image: 34.7 × 26.3 cm (13 11/16 × 10 3/8 in.); Sheet: 40.8 × 34 cm (16 1/8 × 13 7/16 in.)
Place: Netherlands
Period: 16th century
Main colour: Gold & ochre · lightness 68, colourfulness 21

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Alfred E. Hamill. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's is_public_domain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules