UNITED KINGDOM · 2012

Goltzius & the Pelican Company

Peter Greenaway
European Art Cinema erotic art printmaking Renaissance history artistic seduction patronage and corruption
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Goltzius and the Pelican Company tells the story of Hendrik Goltzius, a late 16th century Dutch printer and engraver of erotic prints. A contemporary of Rembrandt and, indeed, more celebrated during his life, Goltzius seduces the Margrave of Alsace into paying for a printing press to make and publish illustrated books. In return, he promises him an extraordinary book of pictures of illustrating th

Year2012
CountryUnited Kingdom
DirectorPeter Greenaway
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