Henry IV of France
Hendrick Goltzius
c. 1600
Medium
Engraving on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Plate: 36.1 × 26.3 cm (14 1/4 × 10 3/8 in.); sheet: 38.3 × 28.2 cm (15 1/8 × 11 1/8 in.)
Classification
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
264861
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...