Standing Young Man with a Cane
c. 1596-1600
Medium
Woodcut in black printed on blue paper with white heightening (partially discolored)
Dimensions
Woodblock: 10.9 × 6.4 cm (4 5/16 × 2 9/16 in.); sheet: 12.1 × 7.7 cm (4 13/16 × 3 1/16 in.)
Classification
woodcut
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
267859
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...