1589
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Dominant colour
Seven Deities: Nox (Night) is a 1589 by Hendrik Goltzius, a Renaissance work, depicting Chariot, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
You see a dark, oval portrait of Nox, the goddess of night, riding in a chariot pulled by bats. She's accompanied by an owl and rooster, with the sun shining behind her. The scene is full of contrasting light and dark, which is a key part of the artist's style. To learn more about this style, look up the technique: chiaroscuro.
Goltzius, famous as an engraver and painter, was the most important advocate of chiaroscuro woodcuts in the Netherlands. Nox is part of a group of seven oval portraits of gods and goddesses shown in their habitats. Accompanied by an owl and rooster, Nox rides in a chariot pulled by bats. Behind her, the sun shines on the orb of the earth and the personification of Sleep dozes contentedly. Because the earliest impressions of Nox , and other Goltzius chiaroscuros, were printed in muted shades like the grays of this impression, the artist may not have had a role in later editions, in which much…
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Hendrick Goltzius (German: , Dutch: ; né Goltz; January or February 1558 – 1 January 1617) was a German-born Dutch printmaker, draftsman, and painter.
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