St Paul Bitten by the Viper, from Acta Apostolorum (The Acts of the Apostles)
Medium
Engraving on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 19.5 × 26.3 cm (7 11/16 × 10 3/8 in.); secondary support: 27.8 × 40.8 cm (11 × 16 1/8 in.)
Classification
engraving
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
268182
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...