Hendrick GoltziusPaesi Bassi, 1558–1617Het martelaarschap van Matthias
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Con le parole del museo — in olandese
Matthias wordt onthoofd met een bijl en gestenigd; links naast het tafereel van zijn marteldood staat hij nogmaals afgebeeld, met een bijl in de ene hand en een boek in de andere. Onder de voorstelling tweemaal twee regels Latijn. Deze prent is onderdeel van een serie van 13 prenten van Christus (ongenummerd) en de apostelen (genummerd), meer specifiek van de martelingen die ze hebben ondergaan.
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- Numero di inventario
- RP-P-OB-10.400
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Nella vita di Hendrick Goltzius
Tutta la vita1575
Apprenticeship with Dirck Coornhert
His father placed Hendrick as an apprentice to the philosopher, theologian and engraver Dirck Volckertszoon Coornhert, then working in Xanten, so that his son could master the art of engraving.
1577
Move to Haarlem
He followed Coornhert to Haarlem, where he remained for the rest of his life. There the publisher Philips Galle hired him to engrave a series of prints on the story of Lucretia; in the following years Goltzius engraved after the designs of other artists for Coornhert and for Antwerp publishers.
1577
Teacher: Dirck Volckertszoon Coornhert
1579
Marriage to a wealthy widow
At 21 he married a wealthy widow considerably older than himself. The "unequal marriage" gave him economic independence: he bought a house, opened his own engraving workshop, and two years later took on two apprentices.
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.
