1580
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Josina Hamels is a 1580 ink by Hendrik Goltzius, a Renaissance work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This engraving shows a woman in a dress with a ruffled collar and puffed sleeves, standing in front of a table with a skull and a book on it. The woman is surrounded by a decorative border with text and images of people and objects. The border has a circular shape with text around the edge, and there are images of people and objects in the corners. The background of the engraving is a landscape with hills and trees. The level of detail in the engraving suggests that it was created using a technique such as cross-hatching. To learn more about this technique, you could look up the artist Hendrick Goltzius.
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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