Saint John, from Christ and the Apostles
Medium
Engraving; second state of two
Dimensions
plate: 5 13/16 x 3 15/16 in. (14.8 x 10 cm) sheet: 6 1/8 x 4 1/4 in. (15.5 x 10.8 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Grace M. Pugh, 1985
Accession Number
1986.1180.1355
Tags
About the Artist
Hendrick Goltzius|Johann Bussemacher|Anonymous|Conrad 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...