Hendrick van Schoel is an artist. 1 work is cataloged here, principally at Victoria and Albert Museum.

This Dutch printmaker carved out a niche in moralizing history scenes. In Punishment of Regulus, he etched Rome’s cruel legend: a captured general returned to Carthage only to keep his oath, facing torture rather than betray his city. The second half of the 16th to early 17th century saw these kinds of dramatic histories printed in black and white, sold to homes and taverns.

Flip to the page to see how the burin dug into metal to shade every tendon and torchlight.