Venus Honored by Nymphs and a Faun, Jan Harmensz. Muller, after Bartholomeus Spranger, 1589 - 1593

Title(s)

Venus Honored by Nymphs and a Faun

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-OB-32.206

Catalogue reference

• New Hollstein Dutch 73-1(5)

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 240

Description

Venus, met Amor aan haar zijde, ontvangt manden met bloemen en vruchten van de nimfen. Een sater brengt een mand met gevogelte.

Artist

• print maker: Jan Harmensz. Muller
• after design by: Bartholomeus Spranger

Place

Amsterdam

Dating

1589 - 1593

Material

• paper

Technique

engraving

Measurements

height 271 mm × width 204 mm

What

• veneration of Venus
• nymphs (in general); 'Ninfe in commune' (Ripa)

Acquisition

transferred 1816

Copyright

Public domain

• Aemulatio : imitation, emulation and invention in Netherlandish art from 1500 to 1800 : essays in honor of Eric Jan Sluijter, p. 89-102, afb. 2, 5-6
• The Muller dynasty, dl. 2, p. 202, cat.nr. 73