Cleopatra

c.1598

Jan Muller, after Adriaen de Vries

Associated Names
Jan Muller

Artist, Netherlandish, 1571 - 1628

Adriaen de Vries

Artist After, Netherlandish, c. 1556 - 1626

The image shows a seated individual on a draped platform. The person is sitting with a slightly leaning back posture, gazing upwards with their mouth open. Their facial features are detailed, showcasing heavy eyelids and curly hair. The person appears unclothed, with partial drapery over their lower body. They are holding a snake in each hand, one coiled around the left arm and across the torso, while the other is draped across the right leg. The background features heavy drapery and various objects around the figure.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 38.3 x 25.5 cm (15 1/16 x 10 1/16 in.)
    sheet: 40.6 x 28 cm (16 x 11 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.576

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 80, State ii/iv

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Paul Prouté, S. A., Paris); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased March 23, 1985; 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. 45, only

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. 80, ii/iv

Inscriptions

below image, at centre: Prodiga luxuries rerum, vetitique HYMENAEI, / Haec scelerum tandem praemia digna ferunt.; below image, at right: Adrianus de Vries inuent. / Joan Muller sculp.

Wikidata ID

Q76557222

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