1589
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
The Giants Climbing the Heavens is a 1589 ink by Hendrik Goltzius, a Renaissance work, held at National Gallery of Art.
The painting shows a chaotic battle scene with a giant figure and many smaller ones fighting. This scene is from mythology and has a lot of movement and energy. The giant is crowned and armed, and the smaller figures are in dynamic poses, which adds to the sense of action. To learn more about this style of artwork, look up the technique: 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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