Arion on a Dolphin

c.1590

Jan Muller, after Cornelis Cornelisz van Haarlem

Associated Names
Jan Muller

Artist, Netherlandish, 1571 - 1628

Herman Jansz Muller

Publisher, Netherlandish, c. 1540 - 1617

Cornelis Cornelisz van Haarlem

Artist After, Dutch, 1562 - 1638

This is a drawing depicting a figure seated on a large fish with a harp, surrounded by a turbulent sea. The central figure is detailed, with muscular features and a billowing cloak. The figure holds a harp in their left arm and gazes upwards. The waves around them are vigorous, conveying a stormy sea. In the background, a ship battles the waves. The artwork showcases detailed lines and crosshatching techniques, creating texture and depth.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 35.3 x 35.4 cm (13 7/8 x 13 15/16 in.) (trimmed to plate mark)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.570

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 32, State i/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Craddock & Barnard, London); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased June 4, 1982; Gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2013

  • Northern Mannerist Prints from the Kainen Collection, NGA, 2013 - 2014.

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. 48, i/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. 32, i/ii

Inscriptions

below image: Quisnam igitur liber? Sapiens, sibi qui imperiosus / Quem neque pauperies, neque mors neque vincula terrent: / Responsare cupidinibus, contemnere honores / Fortis, et in seipso totus teres atque rotundus; below image, at centre: Dueghd Verhueght; below image, at right: C. Cornelij Harlemen inuen. / Harman Mullerus excud. / Amsterodamj

Wikidata ID

Q76557205

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