Hendrick Goltzius
1617
Medium
Engraving on laid paper
Dimensions
Sheet (trimmed): 20.4 × 17.8 cm (8 1/16 × 7 1/16 in.)
Classification
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
264808
Art Historical Context
Behold the masterful engraving *Hendrick Goltzius* by Jacob Matham, crafted in 1617 and now treasured in the Art Institute of Chicago's Prints and Drawings collection. This trimmed sheet, measuring a modest 20.4 × 17.8 cm, captures the likeness of Hendrick Goltzius, the celebrated Dutch artist and Matham's own mentor. Produced in the very year of Goltzius's death, it serves as a poignant tribute, blending portraiture with the era's reverence for printmaking masters. Matham, a key figure in the Haarlem school during the Dutch Golden Age, employs the intricate technique of engraving on laid pap...
About the Artist
Jacob Matham · 1571–1631
**Jacob Matham: Master Engraver of Haarlem** Jacob Matham was born on October 15, 1571, in Haarlem, in the Northern Netherlands, into a burgeoning artistic milieu. Following his father's early death, his mother married the renowned painter and engraver Hendrick Goltzius in 1579, who adopted the young Jacob and trained him rigorously in the workshop as his stepson and pupil. Matham's first signed ...