The Adoration of the Shepherds
Hendrick Goltzius
c. 1599, printed 1615
Medium
Engraving on laid paper
Dimensions
Plate: 21.7 × 15.5 cm (8 9/16 × 6 1/8 in.); sheet: 24.6 × 19 cm (9 11/16 × 7 1/2 in.)
Classification
engraving
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
267838
Rights
Public Domain
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...