Ignis

Hendrik Goltzius, c. 1586

The image shows a nude male figure standing in a dynamic pose. The man has his left arm extended upwards, holding a stick or scepter, and his right hand holding a spherical object emitting light. His head is turned… · description from the collection

Collection data

Artist: Hendrik Goltzius ¹
Date: c. 1586 ¹
Medium: pen and black ink over red chalk with gray and brown wash and white heightening on pink tinted paper, with pin pricks throughout the figure ¹
Original: 3,492 × 4,619 px ¹
License: CC0 (National Gallery of Art Open Access)
Credit: National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

Object record, National Gallery of Art

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