The Standard Bearer
Medium
Engraving on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Plate: 28.4 × 19.4 cm (11 3/16 × 7 11/16 in.); sheet: 29 × 20.1 cm (11 7/16 × 7 15/16 in.)
Classification
engraving
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
268227
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...