Josina Hamels
Medium
Engraving on silk
Dimensions
Sheet: 20 × 13 cm (7 7/8 × 5 1/8 in.)
Classification
silk
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
268483
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...