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| Hendrik Goltzius Half-length figure ca. 1587 drawing on vellum (verso) British Museum |
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| Hendrik Goltzius Studies of heads ca. 1587 drawing on vellum British Museum |
Hendrik Goltzius of the Netherlands hoped to be remembered by those who lived after him. With brilliant gifts as a draftsman, he produced many high-quality engravings and woodcuts in an elongated Mannerist style, as seen here yesterday. These earned him a large market of fashionable clients and a substantial European reputation. Most of the drawings reproduced here were made as preparation for such engravings. Then in about 1600 Goltzius switched his emphasis to painting, and did so for the stated reason that painters enjoy a loftier level of posthumous fame than print-makers. Alas, he is remembered today only by specialists – and mainly remembered for those early prints he seemingly disesteemed.
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| Hendrik Goltzius Study of head & hands of youth ca. 1585-92 drawing on vellum British Museum |
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| Hendrik Goltzius Sense of Hearing 16th century drawing Metropolitan Museum of Art |
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| Hendrik Goltzius Sense of Smell 16th century drawing Morgan Library, New York |
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| Hendrik Goltzius Lucretia as Sense of Touch 16th century drawing Morgan Library, New York |
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| Hendrik Goltzius Spring 1594 drawing Metropolitan Museum of Art |
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| Hendrik Goltzius Camel ca. 1589-90 drawing British Museum |
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| Hendrik Goltzius The Prophet Daniel in a Landscape 16th century drawing Metropolitan Museum of Art |
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| Hendrik Goltzius Judgment of Midas 1590 drawing Morgan Library, New York |
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| Hendrik Goltzius Venus with Bacchus & Ceres 1593 drawing on vellum British Museum |
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| Hendrik Goltzius Venus with Bacchus & Ceres 1599 drawing British Museum |
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| Hendrik Goltzius Adam & Eve ca. 1597 drawing British Museum |
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| Hendrik Goltzius Fall of Phaeton 16th century drawing Metropolitan Museum of Art |