Hercules and Cacus
Medium
Chiaroscuro woodcut from three blocks in yellow and gray-green on paper
Dimensions
Block: 40.4 × 32.4 cm (15 15/16 × 12 13/16 in.); sheet: 41.2 × 33.1 cm (16 1/4 × 13 1/16 in.)
Classification
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
264863
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...