
Maarten van Heemskerck, a prolific draftsman and etcher and the leading proponent of the Mannerist School in Haarlem, spent a decisive period in Rome from 1532 to 1536. This drawing shows the influence of Michelangelo's heroic forms. Pricked for transfer to a metal plate, it is one of six designs he made for an engraved series of Good Women of the Old Testament.

Celestial Venus (recto); Main Hall, Baths of Diocletian (verso)
Circle of Maarten van Heemskerck Netherlandish, 1498-1574

Turbaned Soldier Holding a Lance
Unknown artist after Maarten van Heemskerck (Netherlandish, 1498-1574)

Judith Slaying Holofernes, plate six from The Story of Judith and Holofernes
Philip Galle (Netherlandish, 1537-1612) after Maarten van Heemskerck (Dutch, 1498-1574)