# The Apollo Belvedere, plate 3 from Three Famous Antique Sculptures, in 16th-century Netherlands

Hendrick Goltzius made this in about 1592, printed c. 1617, aged about 29. It is now at the Art Institute of Chicago.

Our note:

> The Apollo Belvedere, the ancient marble god in the Vatican that Renaissance artists regarded as the perfect male figure, is shown here as Hendrick Goltzius drew it during his stay in Rome in 1590–91.

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## The work

- Date: c. 1592, printed c. 1617
- Medium: Engraving in black on cream laid paper
- Dimensions: Image: 40.5 × 29.1 cm (16 × 11 1/2 in.); Plate: 41.6 × 29.8 cm (16 7/16 × 11 3/4 in.); Sheet: 49.2 × 36.5 cm (19 3/8 × 14 3/8 in.)
- Type: Print
- Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1990.498
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Hendrick Goltzius](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/hendrick-goltzius), Dutch, 1558–1617

Goltzius was the outstanding Dutch engraver of his generation, despite a childhood injury that crippled his right hand.

7 works in the collection.

## Walk on

- [More by Hendrick Goltzius](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/hendrick-goltzius?hang=749) (7 works)
- [More Dutch Golden Age](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/dutch-golden-age?hang=749) (44 works)
- [The 16th century](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/16?hang=749) (210 works)

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