Philips Galle (1537-1612), Pupil of Coornhert from Haarlem, Engraver and Publisher in Antwerp from 1570; The Baptism of the Eunuch in Background Left
Medium
Engraving, with stippling, in black on off-white laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 15.3 × 13.5 cm (6 1/16 × 5 3/8 in.); Plate/sheet: 21.6 × 13.6 cm (8 9/16 × 5 3/8 in.)
Classification
engraving
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
41666
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...