Entombment; Plate 2 from The Passion of the Christ
1596. Engraving on cream laid paper, 8 x 5 3/8 inches (204 x 137 mm), thread margins. Likely one of the copies produced in Goltzius's own studio, printed later, however an early copy. In very good condition with some minor toning and several unobtrusive scattered light spots of discoloration visible on the verso.
[New Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish): 18; Bartsch: III.20.28; Hollstein: 22].
In this series Goltzius intentionally moved away from his typical flamboyant, swelling lines to adopt a more restrained technique. This was done to emulate the style of the earlier Netherlandish master Lucas van Leyden, reflecting a late 16th-century revival of interest in Lucas's work. The Passion of Christ was extremely popular during Goltzius’s own lifetime and well beyond. This is evidenced by a very deceptive set of copies produced in Goltzius’s own studio and six additional sets of copies dating from the late 1590s to the mid-seventeenth century. In addition to owning two sets of the Goltzius’s original prints, the Metropolitan Museum of Art has three different sets of copies in its permanent collection.
Item number: 2469
Price: $700.00
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