Landscape with a Farmhouse, from Four Small Landscapes
1597/1600, printed 1605/20
Medium
Chiaroscuro woodcut in black, ochre, and green, on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 11.4 × 14.4 cm (4 1/2 × 5 11/16 in.); Plate/sheet: 11.7 × 14.8 cm (4 5/8 × 5 7/8 in.)
Classification
woodcut
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
72399
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...