Mars
Hendrick Goltzius
c. 1588
Medium
Chiaroscuro woodcut from two blocks in tan on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Block: 24.5 × 17.9 cm (9 11/16 × 7 1/16 in.); sheet: 25.1 × 18 cm (9 15/16 × 7 1/8 in.)
Classification
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
268548
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...