St. Thomas, from Christ, the Apostles and St. Paul with the Creed
ca. 1589
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
plate: 5 7/8 x 4 1/8 in. (15 x 10.5 cm) sheet: 8 1/4 x 6 3/16 in. (20.9 x 15.7 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Accession Number
2012.136.471.8
Tags
Art Historical Context
Behold *St. Thomas, from Christ, the Apostles and St. Paul with the Creed a masterful engraving by Hendrick Goltus, created around 1589. Goltzius, a leading Dutch artist of the Mannerist period, was renowned for his extraordinary skill in printmaking, producing intricate works that rivaled painting in depth and expressiveness. This print is part of a devotional series featuring Christ, the Twelve Apostles, and St., each holding scrolls inscribed with verses from the Apostles' Creed foundational Christian statement of faith. At just 5 7/8 x 4 1/8 inches on the plate, its compact scale belies th...
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...