Saint Andrew

The saint is shown leaning on a book with his head resting on his hand, set against a backdrop of a wooden X-shaped cross and a rugged mountainous landscape. The image uses complex cross-hatching and swelling lines to create deep texture in the figure's robes and flowing beard.

Hendrick Goltzius was the leader of the Haarlem Mannerists, a group known for their extreme technical virtuosity and intellectual approach to printmaking. This series of apostles represents the integration of traditional religious subjects with the sophisticated visual language of late 16th-century Dutch humanism.