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Pietà

1596

Hendrick Goltzius

(Dutch, 1558–1617)
Culture
Netherlands, late 16th-early 17th century
Medium
engraving
Credit Line
Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland 1926.439
Catalogue raisonné
Hollstein 50 (VIII)
Public Domain
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Location
Not on view
Print

Description

Northern Renaissance responses to Italian art were often filtered through prints and other secondary sources while maintaining ties to regional artistic traditions. Dutch artist Hendrick Goltzius traveled to Italy in 1590–91 and developed an intense admiration for the work of Michelangelo. This print depicting a pietà may reflect his knowledge of Michelangelo’s sculpted Pietà while referencing prints from his native Holland.
A vertically oriented engraving in black ink depicts a woman with a light skin tone in a robe and headscarf seated with hands pressed together, a muscular man in a loincloth reclining across her lap. Rays of light radiate from behind their heads, and a cross stands on a distant hill. The man's right arm hangs limply toward the ground near a crown of thorns and a stone inscribed with the monogram "HG."

Pietà

1596

Hendrick Goltzius

(Dutch, 1558–1617)
Netherlands, late 16th-early 17th century

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