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Hendrick Goltzius and Henry the Great: Netherlandish Printmakers and the Portrait of Henri IV of France

Abstract This article considers portrait prints of Henri IV of France created by Netherlandish printmakers such as Hendrick Goltzius and members of the De Passe family around 1600. The study of these engraved images shows how the creation and distribution of the royal portrait as a commodity operated across commercial as well as aesthetic boundaries, while simultaneously raising questions about models and authorship. This becomes particularly evident by tracing the trajectories of the two influential portraits of Henri IV created by Goltzius from their conception, which was motivated commercially or politically, to their imitation by later printmakers. Moreover, this article aims to highlight the interdependent relationship between Netherlandish and French printmakers driven by the European market for affordable but refined royal portraiture, the skills of Northern portrait engravers and the popularity of Henri IV.