The Betrothal of Saint Catherine
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
plate: 7 1/16 x 9 7/16 in. (18 x 24 cm) sheet: 9 5/16 x 12 5/8 in. (23.6 x 32 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Algernon S. Sullivan, 1919
Accession Number
19.56.73
Tags
Saint Catherine
About the Artist
Hendrick Goltzius|Nicolas Perrey · 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...