Wine, from The Powers that Rule the World
1595/96
Medium
Engraving on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Plate: 20.4 × 28.7 cm (8 1/16 × 11 5/16 in.); sheet: 24.3 × 34.1 cm (9 5/8 × 13 7/16 in.)
Classification
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
268402
Art Historical Context
Visitors to the Art Institute of's Prints and Drawings department delight in *Wine, from The Powers that Rule the World (1595/96), a engraving by Dutch artist Zacharias Dolendo. Created on luxurious ivory laid paper— prized for its smooth texture and subtle laid lines that enhance fine detail—this print measures a generous plate size of 20.4 × 28.7 cm. Dolendo, a prominent engraver trained under Hendrick Goltzius, the allegorical essence of wine as one of humanity's commanding forces in this thematic series. Engraving, Dolendo's specialty, involved incising intricate lines into a copper plate...