1592
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Euterpe is a 1592 ink by Hendrik Goltzius, a Renaissance work, depicting Saint Cecilia, held at National Gallery of Art.
This engraving shows a woman playing a lute. She wears flowing robes and has wings on her head. The artist carved this image with tiny lines. He used a sharp tool to scratch thousands of tiny marks into a metal plate. Then he covered it with ink and pressed paper against it. That’s how engraving works. Try looking up Goltzius, Hendrick.
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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