Bacchus, from Eight Pagan Gods
Medium
Engraving on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Plate: 35.9 × 21.7 cm (14 3/16 × 8 9/16 in.); sheet: 40.5 × 31.4 cm (16 × 12 3/8 in.)
Classification
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
268556
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...