The Dragon Devouring the Companions of Cadmus
Medium
Engraving; first state of two
Dimensions
sheet: 9 15/16 x 12 1/2 in. (25.2 x 31.8 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Accession Number
2012.136.905
Tags
MenDragons
About the Artist
Hendrick Goltzius|Cornelis 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...