St Matthias, from Christ, the Apostles and St Paul with the Creed
Medium
Engraving on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Plate: 15.1 × 10.5 cm (6 × 4 3/16 in.); sheet: 31.3 × 19.2 cm (12 3/8 × 7 9/16 in.)
Classification
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
268427
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...