Grietgen Jansdochter, wife of the artist
Medium
Engraving on paper
Dimensions
Plate: 4.4 × 3.3 cm (1 3/4 × 1 5/16 in.); sheet: 5 × 3.9 cm (2 × 1 9/16 in.)
Classification
engraving
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
267664
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...