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A work made of engraving in black on ivory laid paper.

Vries, Frederik de (died 1613) son of the painter Dirck de Vries, pupil of Goltzius, with Goltzius's dog

1597

Hendrick Goltzius Dutch, 1558-1617

Netherlands

Goltzius was the foremost draughtsman, printmaker, print publisher and painter working in Holland at the turn of the seventeenth century. Initially a Mannerist artist, by 1600 he revealed an interest in naturalism, and more or less gave up engraving. Nonetheless, he made 361 prints, 291 of his own design, This depicts the son of the still-life painter Dirck de Vries.

Engraving in black on ivory laid paper

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