Adoration of the Shepherds
Hendrick Goltzius
1598/1600
Medium
Engraving in black on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 20.2 × 15.2 cm (8 × 6 in.); Plate: 21.4 × 15.2 cm (8 7/16 × 6 in.); Sheet: 21.9 × 15.7 cm (8 5/8 × 6 3/16 in.)
Classification
engraving
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
217410
About the Artist
Hendrick Goltzius · 1558–1617
Hendrick Goltzius (1558–1617) was the most celebrated engraver of the Northern Renaissance and a pivotal figure in Dutch Mannerism. Born near the German-Dutch border, Goltzius transformed printmaking into a virtuoso art form through his revolutionary 'swelling line' technique, where the burin was manipulated to create lines of varying thickness that produced unprecedented tonal effects and three-d...