Christ Carrying the Cross, plate nine from the Passion of Christ
Hendrick Goltzius
1596/98
Medium
Engraving in black on buff laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 19.4 × 12.7 cm (7 11/16 × 5 in.); Plate: 19.7 × 13 cm (7 13/16 × 5 1/8 in.); Sheet: 31.8 × 24.8 cm (12 9/16 × 9 13/16 in.)
Classification
engraving
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
187190
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...