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Hendrick Goltzius
The Judgment of Midas1590

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Engraving with densely worked fine lines depicting a multi-figure mythological outdoor scene with a luminous central female figure holding a stringed instrument, surrounded by draped figures and a bearded elder, with Latin text along the bottom

Hendrick Goltzius, The Judgment of Midas, 1590, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Mary Stansbury Ruiz Bequest, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Hendrick Goltzius
Northern Netherlands, 1558-1617
Title
The Judgment of Midas
Place Made
Holland
Date Made
1590
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 17 3/16 x 26 3/4 in. (43.66 x 67.95 cm)
Credit Line
Mary Stansbury Ruiz Bequest
Accession Number
M.88.91.108
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings
Selected Bibliography
  • Bartsch, Adam von. The Illustrated Bartsch. New York: Abaris Books, 1978.

  • Davis, Bruce. Mannerist Prints: International Style in the Sixteenth Century. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1988.

  • Hollstein, F. W. H. Dutch and Flemish Etchings, Engravings, and Woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Amsterdam: M. Hertzberger, 1949.
  • Strauss, Walter L. Hendrik Goltzius: The Complete Engravings and Woodcuts. Abaris Books: New York, 1977.

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