Hendrick Goltzius
Dutch, 1558–1617
Born in Mühlbracht; died in Haarlem.
Goltzius was the outstanding Dutch engraver of his generation, despite a childhood injury that crippled his right hand. In Haarlem he joined Karel van Mander and Cornelis van Haarlem in promoting the muscular Mannerist style of Bartholomeus Spranger, engraving swelling, tapering lines of great virtuosity. A journey to Italy in 1590–91 turned him towards classical sculpture, as in his engravings of the Apollo Belvedere, and around 1600 he gave up engraving for painting.
Written by Ochre Editions.
- In the collection
- 7 worksDated 1586–1610
- Mostly
- Prints, Drawing
- Movement
- Dutch Golden AgeSeventeenth-century painting from the Dutch Republic: still lifes, interiors, portraits and flat, wide skies.
