Portrait of a 24-Year-Old Man, Hendrick Goltzius, 1583
engraving, h 52mm × w 41mm More details
The commissioner of this medallion probably received a number of prints of it, which he could give to friends and family. More impressions could be pulled later. The inscription in the print appears in reverse, indicating that the medallion was made as an object in itself and not primarily as a printing plate. It was more important that the text on the medallion be legible.
