[Heerführer; Provost]

1587–1594 · Print

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Where is “[Heerführer; Provost]” now? Collection: Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum, Braunschweig. Unknown.

Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum

Braunschweig, Germany

The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.

In this state since: Sep 27, 2026
Source: The museum

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What it shows

Feathered hats Landscape Landsknechts Sword Soldiers Staffs Spear Heerführer Military commanders Gefangener, Häftling In Fesseln Cannons Fassade (eines Hauses oder Gebäudes)

In the catalog

Prints Renaissance 16th century

Sources

Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum
Image: Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum — CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

In the life of Hendrick Goltzius

The whole life

late 1580s
Depression and consumption
From the late 1580s he suffered from depression and consumption; his family life was unhappy.
1587
Founding of the Haarlem Academy
Together with Cornelis van Haarlem and Karel van Mander he founded an academy of art in Haarlem, later known as the Haarlem Mannerist Academy (some sources give 1583 or 1600). There, for the first time in the Netherlands, systematic study of anatomy and drawing from the nude model were introduced.
1590
Departure for Italy
He fled from his wife and, despite his illnesses, set out for Italy — via Hamburg and Munich to Venice, Bologna and Florence. Part of the way he traveled on foot, passing himself off as a commoner, "partly out of a love of mystification."
January 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.