Gillis van Breen
1588/92
Medium
Chiaroscuro woodcut in black, ochre, and brown, on cream laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 20.8 × 14.4 cm (8 1/4 × 5 11/16 in.); Sheet, trimmed within platemark: 21.1 × 14.5 cm (8 5/16 × 5 3/4 in.)
Classification
woodcut
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
74811
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...