All Hendrick Goltzius's oil paintings
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71389 Danae receiving Jupiter as a shower of gold. Danae receiving Jupiter as a shower of gold. 1603 Oil on canvas 173.3 x 200 cm (68.23 x 78.74 in)
81548 Hercules and Cacus Hercules and Cacus Date 1613(1613) Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 207 x 142.5 cm (81.5 x 56.1 in) cjr
85559 Hercules and Cacus Hercules and Cacus 1613(1613) Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 207 x 142.5 cm (81.5 x 56.1 in) cyf
2014 Job in Distress Job in Distress 1616
80649 Jupiter and Antiope Jupiter and Antiope 1612(1612) Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 129 x 178 cm (50.8 x 70.1 in) cyf
77183 Jupiter besluipt de slapende Antiope in de gedaante van een satyr. Jupiter besluipt de slapende Antiope in de gedaante van een satyr. 1612(1612) Oil on canvas 129 ?? 178 cm (50.8 ?? 70.1 in) cjr
78232 Jupiter und Antiope Jupiter und Antiope 1612 cjr
81508 Jupiter und Antiope Jupiter und Antiope Date 1612 cyf
92673 Lot and his daughters. Lot and his daughters. Date 1616(1616) Medium oil on canvas TTD
81973 Mercury Mercury Date 1611(1611) Medium Oil on panel cyf
80258 Minerva Minerva 1611(1611) Oil on canvas 214 x 120 cm (84.3 x 47.2 in) cjr
84493 Minerva as personification of wisdom Minerva as personification of wisdom 1611(1611) Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 214 x 120 cm (84.3 x 47.2 in) cyf
87151 Sine Cerere et Libero friget Venus Sine Cerere et Libero friget Venus Date between 1599(1599) and 1602(1602) Medium Ink and oil on canvas Dimensions Height: 105 cm (41.3 in). Width: 80 cm (31.5 in). cjr
91929 Sine Cerere et Libero friget Venus Sine Cerere et Libero friget Venus between 1599(1599) and 1602(1602) Medium Ink and oil on canvas Dimensions Height: 105 cm (41.3 in). Width: 80 cm (31.5 in). cyf
72498 Sleeping Danae Being Prepared to Receive Jupiter Sleeping Danae Being Prepared to Receive Jupiter Date 1603 Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 173.3 X 200 cm (68.23 X 78.74 in) cyf
85834 The Fall of Man The Fall of Man Date 1616(1616) Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 104.5 x 138.4 cm (41.1 x 54.5 in) cjr
83594 Venus and Adonis. Venus and Adonis. Date 1614(1614) Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions Height: 141 cm (55.5 in). Width: 191 cm (75.2 in). cjr
87423 Venus and Adonis. Venus and Adonis. 1614(1614) Medium Oil on canvas cyf
Hendrick Goltzius
1558-1617 Dutch Hendrik Goltzius (1558 - January 1, 1617), Dutch printmaker, draftsman, and painter, was born at Millebrecht, in the duchy of Julich. He was the leading Dutch engraver of the early Baroque period, noted for his sophisticated technique. After studying painting on glass for some years under his father, he was taught the use of the burin by Dirk Volkertszoon Coornhert, a Dutch engraver of mediocre attainment, whom he soon surpassed, but who retained his services for his own advantage. He was also employed by Philip Galle to engrave a set of prints of the history of Lucretia. At the age of 21 he married a widow somewhat advanced in years, whose money enabled him to establish at Haarlem an independent business; but his unpleasant relations with her so affected his health that he found it advisable in 1590 to make a tour through Germany to Italy, where he acquired an intense admiration for the works of Michelangelo, which led him to emulate that master in the grotesqueness and extravagance of his designs. He returned to Haarlem considerably improved in health, and laboured there at his art till his death. Goltzius' painting Lot and his daughters (Rijksmuseum Amsterdam) shows Lot being seduced by his two daughters. Sodom and Gomorrah are shown burning in the background, with Lot's wife who had turned into a pillar of salt, in front.Goltzius ought not to be judged chiefly by the works he valued most, his eccentric imitations of Michelangelo. His portraits, though mostly miniatures, are masterpieces of their kind, both on account of their exquisite finish, and as fine studies of individual character. Of his larger heads, the life-size portrait of himself is probably the most striking example. His masterpieces, so called from their being attempts to imitate the style of the old masters, have perhaps been overpraised. Goltzius brought to an unprecedented level the use of the "swelling line", where the burin is manipulated to make lines thicker or thinner to create a tonal effect from a distance. He also was a pioneer of "dot and lozenge" technique, where dots are placed in the middle of lozenge shaped spaces created by cross-hatching to further refine tonal shading. A self portraitHollstein credits 388 prints to him, with a further 574 by other printmakers after his designs. In his command of the burin Goltzius is said to rival that of Durer's; but his technical skill is not equally aided by higher artistic qualities. Even, however, his eccentricities and extravagances are greatly counterbalanced by the beauty and freedom of his execution. He made engravings of Bartholomeus Spranger's paintings, thus increasing the fame of the latter - and his own. Goltzius began painting at the age of forty-two; some of his paintings can be found in the imperial collection at Vienna. He also executed a few chiaroscuro woodcuts. He was the stepfather of engraver Jacob Matham. . Related Artists to : | Julius Adam | Ker xavier roussel | The Hon.Eleanor Vere Boyle | Jenny Hoppe | Pieter Cornelis (Piet) Mondriaan |