The Holy Family
Hendrick Goltzius
c. 1589
Medium
Engraving on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Plate: 28.7 × 21.5 cm (11 5/16 × 8 1/2 in.); sheet: 33.7 × 23.8 cm (13 5/16 × 9 3/8 in.)
Classification
engraving
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
268233
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...