Past Exhibition

Northern Mannerist Prints from the Kainen Collection

The image depicts multiple figures in various poses. In the foreground, a man stands with his back to the viewer, facing a woman on his right. He wears a lion's head pelt as a helmet and a draped garment, while the woman holds a mirrored shield and wears a flowing garment. A bare figure kneels to the left, holding ropes. To the right, a child holds a serpent and a sword. More figures are seen in the background, sitting on rocks. The landscape includes hills, trees, and riders on horses in the distance, framed by leafy trees.
Jan Muller, Minerva and Mercury Arming Perseus, 1604, engraving on laid paper, Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen, 2012.92.579

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    West Building, Ground Floor, East Outer Tier Galleries
The image depicts multiple figures in various poses. In the foreground, a man stands with his back to the viewer, facing a woman on his right. He wears a lion's head pelt as a helmet and a draped garment, while the woman holds a mirrored shield and wears a flowing garment. A bare figure kneels to the left, holding ropes. To the right, a child holds a serpent and a sword. More figures are seen in the background, sitting on rocks. The landscape includes hills, trees, and riders on horses in the distance, framed by leafy trees.
Jan Muller, Minerva and Mercury Arming Perseus, 1604, engraving on laid paper, Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen, 2012.92.579

Ruth Cole Kainen was one of the most important collectors of prints and drawings in recent decades and bequeathed major works to the National Gallery of Art. This exhibition―the first of three to focus on central aspects of her bequest―presents some 50 works that embody the sophisticated imagery, extraordinary stylization, and virtuoso technique of the printmaking industry that flourished in the northern Netherlands and at the imperial court of Prague in the late 16th century. Featured are choice impressions by the creator of the style, Hendrick Goltzius, as well as his outstanding early drawing Ignis. Also included are exquisite interpretations by the finest engravers of the powerful works of Goltzius and the leading Netherlandish painters Cornelis van Haarlem, Abraham Bloemaert, and Bartholomaeus Spranger. Earlier gifts by Ruth and Jacob Kainen are also on view.

Organization: Organized by the National Gallery of Art, Washington.

Attendance: 35,872

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