Cleopatra

c.1592

Jan Muller

Associated Names
Jan Muller

Artist, Netherlandish, 1571 - 1628

Herman Jansz Muller

Publisher, Netherlandish, c. 1540 - 1617

The image shows a person seated with knees bent and legs crossed, partially reclined, with a serene expression. The person's hair is held back by a headpiece, draped in fabric that reveals the chest and shoulders. They hold a serpent that coils around their arms. In the background, heavy drapery curtains are parted open, with fabric falling behind and around the figure. The background is dark, contrasting with the highlighted figure in the foreground.

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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 Number

    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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