The Dragon Devouring the Companions of Cadmus
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 9 15/16 × 12 11/16 in. (25.3 × 32.2 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1953
Accession Number
53.601.338(36)
Tags
HeadsMenDragons
About the Artist
Hendrick Goltzius|Cornelis Cornelisz van Haarlem · 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...