Portrait of Dirck Volckertsz Coornhert, Hendrick Goltzius, 1591 - 1592
engraving, h 522mm × w 411mm More details
The skin-like surround (cartouche) of the inscription below the portrait has auricular forms along its lower edge. This was probably their earliest appearance in the Netherlands. Adam and Paulus van Vianen, the silversmiths from Utrecht, knew Goltzius well.