Hendrik Goltzius
German-born Dutch printmaker, draftsman and painter (1558-1617) · Netherlands · Artists · Died at 59
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Something wrong?Goltzius pushed metal engraving into territory it wasn't supposed to reach - muscular, theatrical compositions that made other printmakers look like they were sketching with a dull pencil. The last engraver who could draw like a painter and invent images the whole industry would copy.
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Hendrick Goltzius - Self-Portrait, c. 1593-1594 - Google Art Project
Bowyer Bible Luke Christ’s agony in Gethsemane Luke 22 42-43 Goltzius
Bowyer Bible Luke Jesus is brought before Herod Luke 23 7-10 Goltzius
Bowyer Bible print 3458 A rest on the flight into Egypt Matthew 2 13-14 Goltzius
Bowyer Bible print 4238 Christ is baptised Mark 1 9-11 Goltzius
Bowyer Bible print 5538 Jesus is scourged John 19 1 Goltzius
Bowyer Bible print 5551 Jesus is mocked John 19 2-3 Goltzius
Bowyer Bible print 5557 Pilate washes his hands John 19 5 GoltziusIn their orbit
About this person
Born Goltz somewhere in Germany in early 1558, Hendrik Goltzius became Dutch by trade and temper. He led Northern engraving into the Baroque, mastering a technique so sophisticated it set the standard across the Low Countries. By mid-career he'd begun painting as well, though his reputation rests on the prints: swaggering, exuberant, technically flawless. He died in January 1617, the last of a kind - a printmaker who commanded the authority of a serious painter and whose invented images became templates for a generation.
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