Rest on the Flight into Egypt

1593

Jan Muller

Associated Names
Jan Muller

Artist, Netherlandish, 1571 - 1628

Herman Jansz Muller

Publisher, Netherlandish, c. 1540 - 1617

The image portrays a woman holding an infant in her arms. She is sitting outdoors, surrounded by a tree on the left and a rocky formation on the right. The background shows a serene landscape with gentle slopes, shrubs, and greenery. Latin text is inscribed at the bottom of the image.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 22.9 x 20.3 cm (9 x 8 in.)
    sheet: 24.5 x 21.1 cm (9 5/8 x 8 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.583

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 6, State ii/iv

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Ture Lundh, Sweden (not in Lugt). (Frederick Mulder, London); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased November 21, 2004; 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. 15, 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. 6, ii/iv

Inscriptions

in image, at bottom right: Joannes Muller: fecit. 1593; below image: Quid mortem Infanti moliris percitus irâ? / An metuis Regno, Saeue Tyranne, tuo? Falleris, ah, demens: non haec inferna requirit, / Qui dare, quandò libet, Regna superma potest; below image, at bottom centre: Harman Mul: excud.

Wikidata ID

Q76557241

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