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The Expense of Litigation, from Litis Abusus (The Abuses of the Law) Wall Art
ART BY: Hendrick Goltzius
The Expense of Litigation, from Litis Abusus (The Abuses of the Law) Wall Art
ART BY: Hendrick Goltzius
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The Expense of Litigation, from Litis Abusus (The Abuses of the Law) is an engraving on ivory laid paper by Hendrick Goltzius (1558–1617), dated c. 1576. The artist is catalogued as Dutch. The original is held by the Art Institute of Chicago, and the file offered here measures 3000 × 2520 px (2.4 MB). You will find it among Prints and Renaissance, in landscape format. Archive Lane holds 1,298 works by Hendrick Goltzius, a Dutch artist.
Hendrick Goltzius was a German-born Dutch printmaker, draftsman, and painter. He has been described as the leading Dutch engraver of the early Baroque period, or Northern Mannerism, lauded for his sophisticated technique, technical mastership and "exuberance" of his compositions.
Biography adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). All works by Hendrick Goltzius →
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