Standing Young Man with a Cane
Hendrick Goltzius
c. 1596-1600
Medium
Chiaroscuro woodcut printed from two blocks in yellow on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 11.2 × 6.4 cm (4 7/16 × 2 9/16 in.)
Classification
woodcut
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
267860
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...