The Sixth Day (Dies VI): The Creation of Adam and Eve, from The Creation of the World, a series of seven plates
Medium
Engraving; New Holl.'s third state of three
Dimensions
Sheet (diameter): 10 1/2 in. (26.6 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1953
Accession Number
53.601.338(12)
Tags
AdamEve
About the Artist
Hendrick Goltzius|Jan Muller|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...