Christ

This engraving depicts Christ in a three-quarter view, looking slightly toward the viewer with a calm expression. A halo of fine, radiating lines surrounds his head, emerging from a darkened background to create a sense of divine light. The fine detail in the hair and drapery showcases the technical precision of late 16th-century printmaking.

Hendrick Goltzius was the leading figure of Haarlem Mannerism. Within the context of Northern Humanism, images of the face of Christ were often intended as focal points for contemplating the Neoplatonic 'Idea' of divine perfection and the presence of the Logos in human form.