Proserpine, from The Deities
Hendrick Goltzius
1588/90
Medium
Chiaroscuro woodcut from three blocks in ochre and brown on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Block: 34.7 × 25.8 cm (13 11/16 × 10 3/16 in.)
Classification
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
268533
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...