The Martyrdom of St Matthias, from The Martyrdom of Christ and the Apostles
Hendrick Goltzius
c. 1578
Medium
Engraving on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Plate: 20.6 × 27.7 cm (8 1/8 × 10 15/16 in.); sheet: 27.2 × 36.2 cm (10 3/4 × 14 5/16 in.)
Classification
engraving
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
268181
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...