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A work made of chiaroscuro woodcut in black, green, and buff on paper.

Demogorgon in the Cave of Eternity, plate one from Demogorgon and the Deities

Hendrick Goltzius · c. 1588–90

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Palette

Parchment
 51% of the image
Green · text contrast 12.7:1
Raw umber
 18% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.9:1
Khaki
 16% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.7:1
Olive brown
 7% of the image
Green · text contrast 7.9:1
Sand
 6% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.7:1
Lichen
 1% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.8:1

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
c. 1588–90
Type
Print
Medium
Chiaroscuro woodcut in black, green, and buff on paper
Size
Oval: 34.4 × 26 cm (13 9/16 × 10 1/4 in.)
Place
Netherlands
Period
16th century
Main colour
Green · lightness 67, colourfulness 20

Art Institute of Chicago, Print and Drawing Club Fund. 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

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