Hendrick GoltziusDutch, 1558–1617Oefening en Kunst (Ars / Usus)
Can I see it?
Unknown
Where is “Oefening en Kunst (Ars / Usus)” now? Collection: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Unknown.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- Source
- The museum
About the work
Museum text in Dutch
Naakte vrouw met vleugels zittend op aardbol naast man die op plankje schrijft. Aan hun voeten meetkundige werktuigen. Prent uit een serie van vier. Onder elke prent uit deze serie twee regels Latijn en twee regels Nederlands.
Rijksmuseum
Details
- Accession number
- RP-P-OB-10.091
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- Rijksmuseum
- Image: Rijksmuseum — public domain
In the life of Hendrick Goltzius
The whole life1579–1587
Pupil: Jan Saenredam
1580
Beginning of his own publishing activity
He apparently began publishing prints on his own.
late 1580s
Depression and consumption
From the late 1580s he suffered from depression and consumption; his family life was unhappy.
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.
