St. Paul, from Christ, the Apostles and St. Paul with the Creed
ca. 1589
Medium
Engraving; second state of two
Dimensions
plate: 5 7/8 x 4 1/8 in. (15 x 10.4 cm) sheet: 8 3/16 x 6 1/16 in. (20.8 x 15.4 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Accession Number
2012.136.471.14
Tags
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...