The Adoration of the Magi, plate five from The Birth and Early Life of Christ
c. 1593
Medium
Engraving on paper
Dimensions
Image: 46.5 × 35.2 cm (18 5/16 × 13 7/8 in.); Plate/sheet: 47.8 × 35.6 cm (18 7/8 × 14 1/16 in.)
Classification
engraving
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
80036
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
Goltzius was much admired in his own era for his ability to imitate the style of other artists. His earliest prints date from around 1576; by 1582 he had established his own print shop in Haarlem.
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...