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Hendrick Goltzius

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Hendrick Goltzius was a German-born Dutch printmaker, draftsman, and painter. He was the leading Dutch engraver of the early Baroque period, or Northern Mannerism, lauded for his sophisticated technique, technical mastership and "exuberance" of his compositions. According to A. Hyatt Mayor, Goltzius "was the last professional engraver who drew with the authority of a good painter and the last who invented many pictures for others to copy". In the middle of his life he also began to produce paintings.

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Artworks (21)

Loth and his Daughters

1616 · canvas, oil paint (paint)

width: 204 cm, height: 140 cm

Rijksmuseum

Buste van een oude man

1610 · chalk, paper

width: 362 cm, height: 337 cm

Rijksmuseum

Dying Adonis

1609 · oil paint (paint), canvas

width: 76.5 cm, height: 76.5 cm

Rijksmuseum

Vries, Frederik de (died 1613) son of the painter Dirck de Vries, pupil of Goltzius, with Goltzius's dog

1597 · Engraving in black on ivory laid paper

Image: 33.9 × 26 cm (13 3/8 × 10 1/4 in.); Plate: 35.8 × 26.4 cm (14 1/8 × 10 7/16 in.); Sheet: 38.4 × 28.6 cm (15 1/8 × 11 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Pietà

1596 · engraving

Cleveland Museum of Art

A Nude Female Figure Fleeing to the Right with Arms Outstretched, with Sketch of a Bust of Secondary Figure (recto); A Sketch of a Nude, Kneeling Female Figure, Supported by Another Standing (verso)

1595 · Black and red chalk, with stumping, with touches of white lead (partially discolored) (recto) and black chalk, with touches of red chalk (verso), on cream laid paper prepared with pale brown wash

19.4 × 15.5 cm (7 11/16 × 6 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Monkey on a Chain, seated

1592 · chalk, paper

width: 300 cm, height: 406 cm

Rijksmuseum

The Farnesian Hercules

1592 · engraving

Platemark: 40.4 x 29.4 cm (15 7/8 x 11 9/16 in.); Sheet: 42.5 x 30.2 cm (16 3/4 x 11 7/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Hercules and Telephos

1592 · engraving

Platemark: 40.4 x 29.4 cm (15 7/8 x 11 9/16 in.); Sheet: 41.8 x 30.1 cm (16 7/16 x 11 7/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Apollo Belvedere

1592 · engraving

Platemark: 41.8 x 30.1 cm (16 7/16 x 11 7/8 in.); Sheet: 43.5 x 31.3 cm (17 1/8 x 12 5/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Hercules Killing Cacus

1588 · Chiaroscuro woodcut from three blocks in black, yellow and olive-green, on ivory laid paper

Image/plate/sheet trimmed to platemark: 41 × 33.2 cm (16 3/16 × 13 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Dragon Devouring the Companions of Cadmus

1588 · Engraving of black in on Ivory laid paper

Image: 24 × 31.7 cm (9 1/2 × 12 1/2 in.); Plate: 25.1 × 32.1 cm (9 15/16 × 12 11/16 in.); Sheet: 30.2 × 37.3 cm (11 15/16 × 14 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Apollo

1588 · engraving

Platemark: 34.9 x 26.7 cm (13 3/4 x 10 1/2 in.); Sheet: 35.3 x 27.1 cm (13 7/8 x 10 11/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Demogorgon in the Cave of Eternity, plate one from Demogorgon and the Deities

1587 · Chiaroscuro woodcut in black, green, and buff on paper

Oval: 34.4 × 26 cm (13 9/16 × 10 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Aether, plate six from Demogorgon and the Deities

1587 · Chiaroscuro woodcut in yellow, green, and black on paper

Oval: 35 × 26.9 cm (13 13/16 × 10 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Standing Officer Holding a Boar's Spear

1586 · Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, red chalk with traces of white opaque watercolor over black chalk, on paper; traces of transfer

Sheet: 20.6 x 15.6 cm (8 1/8 x 6 1/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Samson met de ezelskaak

1586 · brush on ink, paint (coating), paper

height: 263 cm, width: 168 cm

Rijksmuseum

Jael met een hamer en een grote spijker

1586 · brush on paper, ink, paint (coating)

width: 171 cm, height: 264 cm

Rijksmuseum

Venetiaans bruiloftsfeest

1583 · pen on ink, paper

height: 402 cm, width: 747 cm

Rijksmuseum

The Deities: Demogorgon in the Cave of Eternity

1583 · chiaroscuro woodcut

Overall: 34.9 x 26.2 cm (13 3/4 x 10 5/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Physician Considered as God, plate one from Allegories of the Medical Profession.

1582 · Engraving on paper

Image: 17.4 × 22.5 cm (6 7/8 × 8 7/8 in.); Plate/sheet: 18.5 × 22.5 cm (7 5/16 × 8 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Dying Adonis
1609 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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Jael met een hamer en een grote spijker
1586 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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Monkey on a Chain, seated
1592 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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Venetiaans bruiloftsfeest
1583 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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Loth and his Daughters
1616 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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The Farnesian Hercules
1592 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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The Deities: Demogorgon in the Cave of Eternity
1583 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Hercules and Telephos
1592 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Apollo Belvedere
1592 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Pietà
1596 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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