Giovanni de’ Medici before Francis I, plate 6 from The History of Giovanni de’ Medici
Hendrick Goltzius
c. 1578
Medium
Engraving on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Plate: 21.7 × 29.8 cm (8 9/16 × 11 3/4 in.); sheet: 23.2 × 31.2 cm (9 3/16 × 12 5/16 in.)
Classification
engraving
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
268183
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...