Pietà

Cleveland Museum of Art

Pietà

Hendrick Goltzius

Date
1596
Medium
engraving
Culture
Netherlands, late 16th-early 17th century
Department
Prints
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art

Northern Renaissance responses to Italian art were often filtered through prints and other secondary sources while maintaining ties to regional artistic traditions. Dutch artist Hendrick Goltzius traveled to Italy in 1590–91 and developed an intense admiration for the work of Michelangelo. This print depicting a pietà may reflect his knowledge of Michelangelo’s sculpted Pietà while referencing prints from his native Holland.

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