Oceanus, from The Deities
Hendrick Goltzius
1588/90
Medium
Chiaroscuro woodcut from three blocks in beige-green on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Block: 34.6 × 26 cm (13 5/8 × 10 1/4 in.); secondary support: 44.9 × 31.4 cm (17 11/16 × 12 3/8 in.)
Classification
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
268526
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...