Pluto, plate four from Demogorgon and the Deities
Hendrick Goltzius
c. 1588–90
Medium
Chiaroscuro woodcut in black and two shades of gray on paper
Dimensions
Oval: 34.3 × 26 cm (13 9/16 × 10 1/4 in.)
Classification
woodcut
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
36024
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...