The Visitation, plate two from The Birth and Early Life of Christ
Medium
Engraving in black on cream laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 46.4 × 35.3 cm (18 5/16 × 13 15/16 in.); Plate: 48 × 35.5 cm (18 15/16 × 14 in.)
Classification
engraving
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
80031
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...