The Circumcision, from The Birth and Early Life of Christ
Medium
Engraving on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Plate: 47.3 × 35.2 cm (18 5/8 × 13 7/8 in.); sheet: 49.1 × 36.2 cm (19 3/8 × 14 5/16 in.)
Classification
engraving
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
268741
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...