Carved on Copper: Renaissance Engravers and Collectors in the Low Countries

This exhibition celebrates the inventiveness and variety of engravings coming out of Northern printmaking centers such as Antwerp and Haarlem during the mid- to late-sixteenth century, as well as the panoply of interests among a rapidly growing class of print collectors. This new print-buying public purchased prints and print series by the thousands themed around issues of morality, tales from classical mythology, religious allegories, landscapes both real and idealized, and the splendors of far-off Rome. As did the century itself, the exhibition peaks with a group of engravings showing the unmistakable hand and graphic inventiveness of Hendrick Goltzius (1558–1617); his prints, as well as those by the many printmakers trained in his style, spread the idealized elegance of the engraved line across Europe.

LOCATION: Johnson Museum

ADMISSION: Open to Public, Alumni, Students, Faculty, and Staff.

Carved on Copper: Renaissance Engravers and Collectors in the Low CountriesNovember 25, 2009 - 10:00AM to 5:00PM

This exhibition celebrates the inventiveness and variety of engravings coming out of Northern printmaking centers such as Antwerp and Haarlem during the mid- to late-sixteenth century, as well as the panoply of interests among a rapidly growing class of print collectors. This new print-buying public purchased prints and print series by the thousands themed around issues of morality, tales from classical mythology, religious allegories, landscapes both real and idealized, and the splendors of far-off Rome. As did the century itself, the exhibition peaks with a group of engravings showing the unmistakable hand and graphic inventiveness of Hendrick Goltzius (1558–1617); his prints, as well as those by the many printmakers trained in his style, spread the idealized elegance of the engraved line across Europe. LOCATION:Johnson MuseumWEBSITE:http://museum.cornell.edu/ADMISSION:Open to Public, Alumni, Students, Faculty, and Staff.ADMISSION INFO:FreeCONTACT:255-6464

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