Cornelis Cort

Cornelis Cort ranks among the defining engravers of the later sixteenth century, whose burin work translated the figure-driven, muscular idiom of Italian and Netherlandish painting into densely hatched prints. His subjects range from saints and martyrs to mythological punishments and Trinitarian devotion, all cut with the disciplined line that made reproductive engraving a medium in its own right. This archive gathers fifteen of his sheets, almost all engravings and including first states, with impressions up to 1571.

15 works in the collection · All public domain (CC0)

St Jerome in the Desert (1565, Met-Objekt 2142)

1565 · Engraving

St Jerome in the Desert (1565, Met-Objekt 2178)

1565 · Engraving

Ruggiero Rescuing Angelica (1565, Met-Objekt 2181)

1565 · Engraving

Ruggiero Rescuing Angelica (1565, Met-Objekt 2182)

1565 · Engraving

Tityus Punished in Hell

1566 · Engraving; first state of three

The Adoration of the Trinity (1566, Met-Objekt 2176)

1566 · Engraving

The Adoration of the Trinity (1566, Met-Objekt 2177)

1566 · Engraving

Diana Discovering Callisto's Pregnancy

1566 · Engraving

The Adoration of the Shepherds (1569, Met-Objekt 2295)

1569 · Engraving

The Adoration of the Shepherds (1569, Met-Objekt 2296)

1569 · Engraving

The Adoration of the Shepherds (1569, Met-Objekt 2297)

1569 · Engraving

The Adoration of the Shepherds (1569, Met-Objekt 2298)

1569 · Engraving

Martyrdom of St. Lawrence

1571 · Engraving

Tarquin and Lucretia

1571 · Engraving; first state

The Martyrdom of St Lawrence

1571 · Engraving