Hendrick Goltzius
(1558–1617) German-born Dutch printmaker, draftsman and painter (1558-1617)
Hendrick Goltzius (1558–1617) is listed in the catalogue as a painter, a printmaker, and a draughtsman. By year of birth, Hendrick Goltzius belongs to the chapter ‘Mannerism’ in this site’s history of art.
Hendrick Goltzius was born in Bracht and died in Haarlem. The teachers included Lambert Lombard, Dirck Volckertszoon Coornhert, and Philip Galle. Wikidata associates Hendrick Goltzius with Mannerism. The students included Christoffel van Sichem II, Jacob Matham, Pieter de Grebber, and Gillis van Breen.
The best-known works include ‘Dying Adonis’, ‘Vertumnus and Pomona’, and ‘Lot and his Daughters’. The works belong mainly to the genres history painting, portrait, and vanitas. The catalogue has 250 works by Hendrick Goltzius with free images. The dated works span the years 1500–1650. Works by Hendrick Goltzius are held by several collections, among them Prints in the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Musea Brugge, and Belgiens kungliga bibliotek. Wikidata links one work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘The Renaissance’.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Aurelio Lomi, Leandro Bassano, Juan de Roelas, Baldassare Croce, and Jan Baptist de, I Wael.