The Adoration of the Shepherds, from The Birth and Early Life of Christ
Medium
Engraving on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Plate: 47.6 × 35.3 cm (18 3/4 × 13 15/16 in.); sheet: 49 × 36.4 cm (19 5/16 × 14 3/8 in.)
Classification
engraving
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
268740
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...