Temperance, from "The Seven Virtues"
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 6 1/16 x 4 1/16 in. (15.4 x 10.3 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Accession Number
2012.136.705
Tags
About the Artist
Hendrick Goltzius|Jacob Matham|Anonymous, Netherlandish, 17th century|Claes Jansz. Visscher · 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...