Catherine de Medici, Wife of Henry II of France
Frans Huys
1501 to 1550
Medium
engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 20.2 × 20 cm (7 15/16 × 7 7/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1950.14.887
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Frans Huys · 1522–1562
**Frans Huys (c. 1522–1562)** was a Flemish engraver and draughtsman active in Antwerp during the mid-sixteenth century. Born in Antwerp, he initially trained and worked as a painter before shifting his focus to engraving in the 1550s. He became a master of the Antwerp Guild of Saint Luke and established himself as a skilled printmaker. Huys was the brother of the painter Pieter Huys and married t...