1588
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Standing Young Man with a Cane is a 1588 ink by Hendrik Goltzius, a Renaissance work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This is a black-and-white woodcut of a young man standing sideways. He holds a tall cane in one hand while resting the other on his hip. His hair is curly, and he wears a loose, draped cloth over one shoulder. The background shows a distant landscape with trees and a building. The figure looks calm but confident, almost like a mythical or symbolic character. The artist used sharp lines to show his muscles and the folds in his clothing. Check out how this was made using the technique: woodcut.
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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