Exercise of Arms
Medium
Illustrated book featuring 117 copper plate engravings on ivory laid paper; full vellum binding
Dimensions
38.1 × 27.2 × 5.1 cm (15 × 10 3/4 × 2 1/16 in.)
Department
Ryerson and Burnham Libraries Special Collections
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
272507
About the Artist
Jacques de Gheyn, II · 1565–1629
Jacques de Gheyn II (1565–1629) was born in Antwerp into an artistic family, receiving his earliest instruction from his father, Jacob de Gheyn I, a skilled glass painter, engraver, and draftsman. In 1585, the young de Gheyn moved to Haarlem, where he spent five formative years studying under Hendrik Goltzius, one of the most celebrated engravers of the Northern Renaissance. This apprenticeship pr...