The Adoration of the Magi
Medium
Engraving;second state of three
Dimensions
plate: 7 7/8 x 5 7/8 in. (20 x 15 cm) sheet: 14 3/8 x 9 5/8 in. (36.5 x 24.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1953
Accession Number
53.601.337(4)
Tags
About the Artist
Hendrick Goltzius|Bernardino Passeri · 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...