1588
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Icarus is a 1588 ink by Hendrik Goltzius, a Renaissance work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This engraving shows a man tumbling through air. His arms wheel, his face twists in shock. Clouds and waves whip around him. Below, a tiny boat and a green shore seem far away. The artist pushes shadows deep. Crisscrossed lines cut the paper like a woodcut. It makes the man’s skin look slick with sweat or rain. Look up how engraving works. Try 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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