The Entombment, plate eleven from The Passion of Christ
Medium
Engraving in black on cream laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 19.6 × 13 cm (7 3/4 × 5 1/8 in.); Plate: 20.2 × 13.5 cm (8 × 5 3/8 in.); Sheet: 31.8 × 24.3 cm (12 9/16 × 9 5/8 in.)
Classification
engraving
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
191553
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...