Portrait of a 24-Year-Old Man
Medium
engraving
Dimensions
5.4
About this artwork
Eenzijdig, ovaal zilveren plaatje. Voorzijde: borststuk man binnen omschrift. Keerzijde: blanco. Gemerkt.
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...