Portret van Gijsbrecht van Bronckhorst en Batenburg, RP-P-OB-10.291

This bust-length portrait shows a young man with short hair and a thin mustache, framed within an oval border. He is dressed in the fashion of the late 16th century, featuring a high, pleated ruff and a patterned doublet rendered with fine line work and tiny dots to create texture.

Hendrick Goltzius was the preeminent figure of the Haarlem Mannerists, a circle of artists and intellectuals in the Netherlands whose work often intersected with the philosophical and scientific developments of the late Renaissance. While this is a secular portrait, it demonstrates the technical precision that made Goltzius a central figure for later esoteric engravers.