Aether, plate six from Demogorgon and the Deities
Hendrick Goltzius
c. 1588–90
Medium
Chiaroscuro woodcut in yellow, green, and black on paper
Dimensions
Oval: 35 × 26.9 cm (13 13/16 × 10 5/8 in.)
Classification
woodcut
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
7745
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...