The Holy Family
c. 1589
Medium
Engraving in black on laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 27.1 × 21 cm (10 11/16 × 8 5/16 in.); Plate: 28.6 × 21.5 cm (11 5/16 × 8 1/2 in.); Sheet: 30.4 × 22.9 cm (12 × 9 1/16 in.)
Classification
drawings (visual works)
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
239035
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...