1589
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Juno Complaining to Oceanus and Tethys about Callisto is a 1589 ink by Hendrik Goltzius, a Renaissance work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This black-and-white print shows a chaotic scene with three big figures. One woman stands on a cloud, holding a spear. A man below wields a club, fighting a sea monster. Waves crash around them, and a smaller woman clings to rocks. The artist packed lots of action into tight lines. Look at how the muscles and waves twist—every stroke tells a story. Want to see more like this? Try engraving.
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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