A chiaroscuro woodcut printed from three blocks, titled simply "Oceanus," by the Netherlandish printmaker Hendrick Goltzius, ca. 1589-90, showing the Titan of the world-encircling river-ocean amid sea creatures. Held today by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Drawings and Prints department, under accession 17.3.2624, Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917.
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Physical Form
MediumChiaroscuro woodcut from three blocks 1 Origins
Date of Creation Attributed To Subject Matter
Depicted SubjectOceanus, the Titan god of the great river the Greeks believed encircled the world 1 Custody
Current LocationThe Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 1 Current CustodianThe Metropolitan Museum of Art 1 Custody HistoryHarris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917 1 Classification
Object TypePrint (Engraving, Etching, Woodcut or Lithograph) 1 Medium (class) Rights and Reproduction
Reproduction and CopyrightThe Metropolitan Museum of Art has designated this work as being in the public domain and makes it available through its Open Access policy; no permission is required for reproduction. 1 Attributions
TraditionGreek and Roman mythology, received through Renaissance and early modern European print culture 1 Connections
Associated With
This source names Oceanus directly: "from three blocks, titled simply "Oceanus," by the Netherlandish printmaker Hendrick Goltzius, ca."
Source Oceanus, accession 17.3.2624 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Belongs to Tradition
Source Oceanus, accession 17.3.2624 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Depicts
The Met's own title for this woodcut is the subject's name alone, "Oceanus," a direct identification rather than a bare thematic tag.
Source Oceanus, accession 17.3.2624 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
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1. Oceanus, accession 17.3.2624 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Metropolitan Museum of Art- accession 17.3.2624
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A chiaroscuro woodcut printed from three blocks, titled simply "Oceanus," by the Netherlandish printmaker Hendrick Goltzius, ca.
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