Who created "Jupiter, from "The Planets""?

Jupiter, from "The Planets" was created by Jacob Matham|Hendrick Goltzius in ca. 1597.

When was "Jupiter, from "The Planets"" created?

This artwork was created ca. 1597.

What medium is "Jupiter, from "The Planets""?

Jupiter, from "The Planets" is Engraving.

Is "Jupiter, from "The Planets"" in the public domain?

Yes, Jupiter, from "The Planets" is in the public domain and available for free download under CC0 license.

Jupiter, from "The Planets"

Jacob Matham|Hendrick Goltzius

ca. 1597

Medium

Engraving

Dimensions

sheet: 4 1/4 x 2 15/16 in. (10.8 x 7.4 cm)

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011

Accession Number

2012.136.467.2

Tags

EaglesJupiter

About this artwork

Jacob Matham's "Young Man and Old Woman" demonstrates the artist's command of Dutch Mannerist graphic tradition inherited from his stepfather and teacher, Hendrick Goltzius. Matham (1571-1631) entered Goltzius's Haarlem workshop at age ten, becoming one of the Dutch Golden Age's most prolific engravers. This drawing falls within his mature period when he had absorbed Goltzius's virtuosic pen technique while developing his broader approach. Contrasting ages was a popular moralizing theme in Dutch...

About the Artist

Jacob Matham|Hendrick Goltzius · 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 ...

Jupiter, from "The Planets"

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