Antique Master Print-JOHN THE BAPTIST-CHILD-SHEEP-Matham-Goltzius-1614

John the Baptist as a child, resting in a landscape next to a stream, holding a cross in his hand and a lamb beside him. In his left hand he has a shell.

Made by Jacob Matham after Hendrick Goltzius.

Medium: Engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 14.3 x 19.5 cm (5.63 x 7.68 inch). Image size: 14 x 17.7 cm. (5.51 x 6.97 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Paper loss in corners. Horizontal crease. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

JOHN THE BAPTIST-CHILD-SHEEP | PCO-C21-26

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

First published 1614-1618 by Abraham Goos.

Reference: New Hollstein Dutch 109-1(2) (copy).

Biography artist: Jacob Matham (1571-1631), of Haarlem, was a famous engraver and pen-draftsman. Hendrick Goltzius, or Hendrik (1558-1617) was a German-born Dutch printmaker, draftsman, and painter. He was the leading Dutch engraver of the early Baroque period, or Northern Mannerism, lauded for his sophisticated technique, technical mastership and “exuberance” of his compositions. According to A. Hyatt Mayor, Goltzius “was the last professional engraver who drew with the authority of a good painter and the last who invented many pictures for others to copy”. In the middle of his life he also began to produce paintings.