Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester
Medium
Engraving on paper
Dimensions
Plate: 6.1 × 5.3 cm (2 7/16 × 2 1/8 in.); sheet: 7.7 × 6.9 cm (3 1/16 × 2 3/4 in.)
Classification
engraving
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
267667
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...