Jupiter omhelst Io
Hendrick Goltzius
c. 1590 - c. 1595
Medium
pen
Dimensions
217; 188
About this artwork
In een grot neemt Jupiter, aan wiens voet een adelaar zit, Io op zijn knie; buiten een zittende man en een koe.
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...