Hendrick Goltzius
1618, altered in 1620
Medium
Engraving on laid paper
Dimensions
Sheet (trimmed): 21.4 × 12.7 cm (8 7/16 × 5 in.)
Classification
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
267780
Art Historical Context
Behold the striking portrait engraving *Hendrick Goltzius* by Jacob Matham, created in 1618 and subtly altered in 1620. This intimate work captures the renowned Dutch engraver and painter Hendrick Goltzius, Matham's mentor and stepfather, rendered with remarkable precision on laid paper. Measuring just 21.4 × 12.7 cm (trimmed), it exemplifies the portable artistry of prints from the Dutch Golden Age, now housed in the Art Institute of Chicago's Prints and Drawings department. Matham, a skilled engraver trained in Goltzius's Haarlem workshop, masterfully emulates his teacher's "swelling line" ...
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 ...