and Cornelis van Haarlem. Together they established an informal drawing academy in Haarlem where artists studied the human figure from life.

In 1590 Goltzius travelled through Germany to Italy, where he studied the works of Michelangelo and other Italian masters. He returned to Haarlem in 1591 and continued to work there for the rest of his life.

Around the age of forty-two he began to produce paintings in addition to engravings. Some of his paintings

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