The Fall of Phaeton

Hendrick Goltzius

late 16th–early 17th century

The Fall of Phaeton by Hendrick Goltzius

Medium

Pen and brown ink, brown wash, heightened with white (slightly oxidized); brown ink framing lines; incised for transfer

Dimensions

6 1/2 x 9 15/16 in. (16.5 x 25.3 cm)

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Rogers Fund, 1992

Accession Number

1992.376

Tags

ZeusChariots

About the Artist

Hendrick Goltzius · 15581617

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...

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