Samson met de ezelskaak
Hendrick Goltzius
1586 - 1590
Medium
pen
Dimensions
168; 263
About this artwork
pen in bruin en penseel in grijs, witte verf, op grijs papier
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...