Christopher Plantin, Publisher in Antwerp
Hendrick Goltzius
c. 1589
Medium
Engraving on laid paper, with additions in pen and ink
Dimensions
Sheet: 19.8 × 12.5 cm (7 13/16 × 4 15/16 in.); secondary support: 24 × 19.7 cm (9 1/2 × 7 13/16 in.)
Classification
engraving
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
267774
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...