1592
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
A Foxglove in Bloom is a 1592 ink by Hendrik Goltzius, a Renaissance work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a single foxglove plant in sharp black lines. The leaves are big and wavy, clustered around a tall stem. Tiny flowers bloom near the top, drawn with careful strokes. The artist used thin, overlapping lines to build up shadows and texture—this is called cross-hatching. It makes the plant look almost three-dimensional on the page. Try looking up *cross-hatching* to see how other artists used this technique.
Hendrick Goltzius (German: , Dutch: ; né Goltz; January or February 1558 – 1 January 1617) was a German-born Dutch printmaker, draftsman, and painter.
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