Johan Gols [The Artist's Father]
![Johan Gols [The Artist's Father] by Hendrick Goltzius](https://images.artheonmuseum.org/nga/thumb/johan-gols-the-artists-father-nga-169113.webp)
Medium
engraving on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 14.9 × 10.2 cm (5 7/8 × 4 in.) sheet: 15.6 × 10.6 cm (6 1/8 × 4 3/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Ruth and Jacob Kainen Memorial Acquisition Fund
Accession Number
2015.74.10
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...