Apollo

Prints and Drawings

1588

Hendrick Goltzius
Dutch, 1558-1617

Hendrick Goltzius was at the height of his fame as a printmaker and publisher when he engraved this dramatic oval Apollo in 1588. His Dutch Mannerist style imbues the composition with a sinuous energy; as the sun god strides forward, his hair aflame, he nearly intrudes into the viewer’s space. The figure’s exaggerated anatomy and pose demonstrates Goltzius’s ongoing interests in mythology and antique sculpture. The Apollo fittingly pairs with Goltzius’s 1592 Apollo Belvedere. Goltzius approached that subsequent engraving in a more restrained, classicizing style after he saw the renowned antique sculpture during a trip to Italy in 1590.

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Prints and Drawings

Artist: Hendrick Goltzius
Title: Apollo
Place: Netherlands (Artist's nationality)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1588
Medium: Engraving in black ink on off-white laid paper
Dimensions: Image/plate: 35 × 26.3 cm (13 13/16 × 10 3/8 in.); Sheet: 36 × 26.4 cm (14 3/16 × 10 7/16 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Dr. Lewis Coulson
Reference Number: 2012.409
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