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Hendrick Goltzius

Vries, Frederik de (died 1613) son of the painter Dirck de Vries, pupil of Goltzius, with Goltzius's dog

1597
Engraving in black on ivory laid paper
33.9 × 26 cm (13.3 × 10.2 in)

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FROM THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO’S CATALOG

Goltzius was the foremost draughtsman, printmaker, print publisher and painter working in Holland at the turn of the seventeenth century. Initially a Mannerist artist, by 1600 he revealed an interest in naturalism, and more or less gave up engraving. Nonetheless, he made 361 prints, 291 of his own design, This depicts the son of the still-life painter Dirck de Vries.

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