The Six Prophets of the Coming of Christ

The Six Prophets of the Coming of Christ by Hendrick Goltzius|Denijs Calvaert|Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus

Medium

Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over black chalk; framing lines in pen and brown ink

Dimensions

16 3/16 x 11 5/16 in. (41.1 x 28.7 cm)

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Rogers Fund, 1996

Accession Number

1996.302

Tags

AngelsChristMenHarps

About the Artist

Hendrick Goltzius|Denijs Calvaert|Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus · 15581617

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...

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