De visitatie
About the work
In the museum's own words — in Dutch
Maria en Elizabeth, beiden net zwanger, ontmoeten elkaar bij een stadspoort. Onder de voorstelling vier Latijnse versregels. Deze prent is onderdeel van een serie van zes prenten met scènes uit het vroege leven van Maria. Die worden de 'Meesterstukken' genoemd, omdat Goltzius er het werk van verschillende illustere voorgangers in heeft nagebootst.
Rijksmuseum
Particulars
- Accession number
- RP-P-H-OB-101.017
Meanwhile, in the life of Hendrick Goltzius
The whole lifeJanuary 1591
Eight months in Rome
He arrived in Rome in January 1591 and stayed eight months (with a brief sojourn in Naples). He discovered Raphael, was especially impressed by Michelangelo and Giambologna, and studied art from classical sculpture to the masters of the Renaissance.
August 1591
Return to Haarlem with a collection of drawings
He returned to Haarlem, bringing from Italy a large collection of drawings that he used for the rest of his life; from the Roman material three engravings of classical statues are known, including the Farnese Hercules.
mid-1590s
Turn toward classicism
In the mid-1590s his art underwent a gradual stylistic turn toward classicism; at the same time he began executing large finished pen drawings on parchment in a calligraphic technique imitating the methods of burin engraving.
