Proserpine, from The Deities
Hendrick Goltzius
1588/90
Medium
Chiaroscuro woodcut from three blocks in tan and green on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Sheet (trimmed): 34.2 × 25.4 cm (13 1/2 × 10 in.)
Classification
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
268532
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...