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Hendrick Goltzius

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

c. 1588–90
Chiaroscuro woodcut in black, green, and buff on paper
34.4 × 26 cm (13.5 × 10.2 in)

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