The Judgement of Midas
Medium
Engraving on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Plate: 42.1 × 67.3 cm (16 5/8 × 26 1/2 in.); sheet: 44.1 × 68.6 cm (17 3/8 × 27 1/16 in.)
Classification
engraving
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
268818
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...