Design with Female Figure in Flowing Drapery
Medium
Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, heightened with lead white (discolored), on ivory laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
25.1 × 17.2 cm (9 15/16 × 6 13/16 in.)
Classification
ink or chalk wash
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
83756
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...