Hendrick Goltzius (1558 - 1617)
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Artist
Title
Ixion
Dating
1588
Material/Technique
Copper engraving on paper
Dimensions
Mått 33,50 x 33,50 cm
Category
Inventory number
G Q 183/1911
Acquisition
Gift of Oscar Quensel, 1911
Display Status
Not on display at the museum
Description
Even during his lifetime, Hendrick Goltzius was internationally renowned as a printmaker, chiefly associated with his mannerist works. His prints showing falling men, in the series The Four Disgracers, are good examples of this style with their heightened drama and exaggerated body proportions.
Goltzius worked for most of his career in Harlem, where he established his own printing house, thanks to which he could produce and disseminate works of the highest technical and artistic quality from his own workshop. His so-called master prints demonstrate his superior skill and status among Dutch printmakers. In them, he shines with his ability to imitate the style of other great masters such as Albrecht Dürer and Lucas van Leyden.
Signature/Inscription
Signature (Nere i mitten i plåten): C.Corneli Pictor invue. HG sculp.4
Inscriptions (längs kanterna, i plåten): EXEMPLO SIT EI IXION, CVI IVPPITER ATRAM . . . .
Etikett/Stämpel (Nere i mitten): KM
Etikett/Stämpel (a tergo nere till höger): N. M. UTG.
Etikett/Stämpel (a tergo nere till höger): GM
Inscriptions (a tergo uppe i mitten): 61 B 261
Inscriptions (a tergo i mitten): NED. GOLTZIUS, H. Q. 183/1911
Inscriptions (a tergo nere mitten): 394
183/19
Inscriptions (a tergo nere till höger): B 261
Exhibition History
Printed. Prints as collector's items, mass media and showpieces, Göteborg, Göteborgs konstmuseum, 14/03/2020 - 16/08/2020
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