St. Andrew, from Christ, the Apostles and St. Paul with the Creed

Saint Andrew is depicted as an elderly, bearded man leaning his head on his hand in a melancholic or pensive gesture. He sits before a mountainous landscape with his hand resting on a closed book, while the diagonal saltire cross of his martyrdom is visible behind him. The work features the complex, swelling line work characteristic of late 16th-century Dutch printmaking.

This print is part of a series that illustrates the tradition of the twelve apostles each contributing one article to the Creed. While ostensibly religious, the artist Hendrick Goltzius was a central figure in the Haarlem Mannerist circle, which deeply influenced the visual language of the Northern Renaissance and the intellectual environment of Rudolf II's Prague.