The Annunciation, plate one from The Birth and Early Life of Christ
Medium
Engraving on paper
Dimensions
462 × 352 mm (Image) 477 × 353 mm (plate/sheet)
Classification
engraving
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
80029
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...