St Matthew, from Christ, the Apostles and St Paul with the Creed
Medium
Engraving on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Plate: 15 × 10.4 cm (5 15/16 × 4 1/8 in.); sheet: 31.2 × 18.9 cm (12 5/16 × 7 1/2 in.)
Classification
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
268423
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...