Bust of a Warrior
Hendrick Goltzius
1585–1589
- Medium
- Black chalk, with red chalk, heightened with traces of white chalk, ruled with pen and black ink, on cream laid paper
- Dimensions
- 14 × 9.8 cm (5 9/16 × 3 7/8 in.)
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Tags
drawings (visual works)chalklaid paperprints and drawingpaper
About
Netherlandish artists like Hendrick Goltzius studied Classical antiquity to understand the ideal representation of the human face and body. They also turned to Classical inspirations to develop their own imaginative repertoire, as reflected in this rendering of a warrior.
