Cleopatra

c.1592

Jan Muller

Artist, Netherlandish, 1571 - 1628

Herman Jansz Muller

Publisher, Netherlandish, c. 1540 - 1617

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 19 x 23 cm (7 1/2 x 9 1/16 in.)
    sheet: 19.8 x 23.9 cm (7 13/16 x 9 7/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2012.92.49

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 9, State ii/iv

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Kunsthandlung Helmut H. Rumbler, Frankfurt-am-Main); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased November 9, 2004; Gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1949

  • Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger: no. 44, ii/iii

1993

  • The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. (The Muller Dynasty, Jan Piet Filedt Kok, author). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. 9, ii/iv

Inscriptions

below image: Ausonias dum victa fugit Cleopatra catenas, Se tumido necat angue, volens invicta viderij! Harmen Mul. exc.

Wikidata ID

Q76343256

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