Hendrik Goltzius
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- Born
- 1558
- Died
- 1617
- Nationality
- Dutch Republic · Netherlands
- Occupation
- painter · graphic artist · copper engraver · draftsperson · art collector · print publisher · visual artist · etcher · publisher · printmaker · engraver
- Fields
- history painting · portrait · vanitas
- Movements
- Mannerism
- Known for
- Dying Adonis · Vertumnus and Pomona · Lot and his Daughters
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Hendrik Goltzius (February 1558 – 1 January 1617) was a copperplate engraver, etcher, woodcut artist, editor, pen draughtsman, publisher, glass painter and printmaker.
Life
The birthplace of Hendrik Goltzius is recorded as Bracht by the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and as Venlo (Pays-Bas) by the Bibliothèque nationale de France. Hendrik Goltzius died in Haarlem, Netherlands, according to the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek, the Getty Union List of Artist Names and the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
Activity
According to the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek, the recorded places of activity of Hendrik Goltzius are Duisburg and Haarlem.
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Bibliothèque nationale de France · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek · Getty Union List of Artist Names
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1558
Hendrik Goltzius was born in 1558.
1617
Hendrik Goltzius died at Haarlem.
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These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Mayor (1971), no. 420
- 2.Hendrick Goltzius (1558–1617). Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- 3.Way to Happiness: Work and Diligence. Yale University Library. 1 September 2023.
- 4.Allegorische voorstelling van de rijkdom en de vlijt. Ghent University Library.
- 5.Cohn, Marjorie B. An Interpretation of Four Woodcut Landscapes by Hendrick Goltzius. Print Quarterly. XXXI. 2. 144–155. June 2014. 23766633.
- 6.Goltzius, Hendrik. 12. 227.
- 7.Mayor (1971), no. 420
- 8.Mayor (1971), no. 420
- 9.Mayor (1971), no. 418
- 10.Mayor, A. Hyatt. Prints and People: A Social History of Printed Pictures. Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1971. 0-691-00326-2.
- 11.Hendrik Goltzius Mannerist art, engravings, drawings Britannica. Encyclopedia Britannica.
- 12.Collection: Hendrick Goltzius. Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen.
- 13.Hendrick Goltzius. Rijksmuseum.
- 14.Past Exhibitions, 2003: Prints from the Leo Steinberg Collection, Part 1. Blanton Museum of Art: The University of Texas at Austin.
- 15.Hendrick Goltzius. University of Michigan Museum of Art.
- 16.Collections Object : Landscape with a Waterfall. Philadelphia Museum of Art.
- 17.Hendrik Goltzius. British Museum.
- 18.Hendrik Goltzius. Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
- 19.Hendrick Goltzius. Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. 21 September 2018.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 5
- Goltzius, Hendrik. 12. 227.
- Mayor, A. Hyatt. Prints and People: A Social History of Printed Pictures. Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1971. 0-691-00326-2.
- Cohn, Marjorie B. An Interpretation of Four Woodcut Landscapes by Hendrick Goltzius. Print Quarterly. XXXI. 2. 144–155. June 2014.
- Liedtke, Walter A. Flemish paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1984. 0870993569.
- Hirmer. Careers by Design. 2024.
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q165367: Hendrik GoltziusWikimedia Foundation
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He trained under Lambert Lombard, Dirck Volckertszoon Coornhert and Philip Galle. Each of those relationships is stated by the authority record rather than inferred from style.
Work and production. Works recorded as notable number 3: Dying Adonis, Vertumnus and Pomona and Lot and his Daughters. His recorded genres are history, portrait and vanitas. Recorded as painter, graphic artist, copper engraver and draftsperson.
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Elsewhere in Prints
4,138 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- Hendrik Adriaan Christiaan DekkerEngraver
- Hendrik BaryEngraver
- Hendrik Dirk Kruseman van EltenEngraver
- Hendrik Frans SchaefelsEngraver
- Hendrik Hondius IEngraver
- Hendrik Jan WolterEngraver
- Hendrik PothovenEngraver
- Hendrik SpilmanEngraver
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