The Holy Family with the Infant John the Baptist, plate six from The Birth and Early Life of Christ
Medium
Engraving on paper
Dimensions
Image: 46.1 × 35.1 cm (18 3/16 × 13 7/8 in.); Plate/sheet: 47.8 × 35.4 cm (18 7/8 × 13 15/16 in.)
Classification
engraving
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
80038
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...