Gravlæggelsen, Hendrick Goltzius, 1583
Hendrick Goltzius, portraitHendrick GoltziusDutch, 1558–1617

Gravlæggelsen

1583 · Engraving

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Not on view at present

Where is “Gravlæggelsen” now? Collection: SMK — National Gallery of Denmark, Copenhagen. Not on view at present. Checked September 29, 2026.

It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.

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In this state since
Source
The museum

Details

Accession number
KKSgb1431

In the catalog

Sources

  • SMK
  • Image: SMK — National Gallery of Denmark — public domain

In the life of Hendrick Goltzius

The whole life
  1. 1579–1587

    Pupil: Jan Saenredam

  2. late 1580s

    Depression and consumption

    From the late 1580s he suffered from depression and consumption; his family life was unhappy.

  3. c. 1584

    Meeting Karel van Mander

    He met the painter and his future biographer Karel van Mander, a refugee from Flanders, who introduced him to the drawings of Bartholomeus Spranger, then working in Prague for Rudolf II. Spranger's works exerted a significant influence on Goltzius's art.

  4. 1585–1587

    Pupil: Jacob de Gheyn II

All works

On view at SMK — National Gallery of Denmark

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