Dirck Volckertsz. Coornhert (without frame)

Prints and Drawings

1591

Hendrick Goltzius
Dutch, 1558-1617

In this print Hendrick Goltzius simultaneously paid homage to his teacher while also displaying his own virtuosic talent for engraving. By manipulating the difficult process, which includes sculpting directly into a metal plate with a chisel-like tool called a burin, Goltzius achieved an astonishing degree of realism. To underscore the aim of this portrait, Goltzius included the inscription Ad Vivum Depictus (Drawn from Life).

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Prints and Drawings

Artist: Hendrick Goltzius
Title: Dirck Volckertsz. Coornhert (without frame)
Place: Netherlands (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: Made 1591–1592
Medium: Engraving in black on ivory laid paper
Dimensions: Trimmed within platemark: 42.5 × 32.4 cm (16 3/4 × 12 13/16 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Dr. Harold Joachim
Reference Number: 1961.878
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