Hagar in the Desert Consoled by an Angel

c.1591

Jan Muller

Associated Names
Jan Muller

Artist, Netherlandish, 1571 - 1628

Herman Jansz Muller

Publisher, Netherlandish, c. 1540 - 1617

The image shows two human figures in the foreground. One figure is seated against a tree trunk, wearing draped fabric with curly hair. The other figure stands leaning towards the seated one, with visible wings. Both figures have curly hair and are dressed in flowing garments. They are surrounded by a natural setting with trees, and in the background, there are mountains and water visible. In the foreground, there are objects like a bundle and vessels on the ground.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 17.2 x 20.6 cm (6 3/4 x 8 1/8 in.) (trimmed)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.575

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 88, State i/iii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(C.G. Boerner, Inc., New York); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased November 23, 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. 12, i/ii

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. 88, i/iii

Inscriptions

in image, at bottom centre: IMuller f.; below image: Disce Patris summi virtutem, disce labores Quos fert, ut feruet quod creat author opus; below image, at bottom right: Harman Mul. exc

Wikidata ID

Q76557219

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