Neptune and Amphitrite
Hendrick Goltzius
c.1594
Medium
engraving laid on paper
Dimensions
plate: 32.8 x 21.8 cm (12 15/16 x 8 9/16 in.) sheet: 33.1 x 22.3 cm (13 1/16 x 8 3/4 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen
Accession Number
2012.92.600
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...