Ambrogio Spinola, Commander of the Spanish Armies in the Netherlands
Medium
Engraving on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Sheet (trimmed): 41.5 × 29.1 cm (16 3/8 × 11 1/2 in.)
Classification
engraving
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
268714
Art Historical Context
**Ambrogio Spinola Commander of the Spanish Arm in the Netherlands** Jan Harmensz. Muller 1615* Engraving on ivory laid paper, Sheet (trimmed): 41.5 × 29.1 cm Jan Harmensz. Muller a prominent Dutch engraver active in the late 16th and early 17th centuries, the commanding presence of Ambrogio Spinola in striking 1615 portrait. Spinola, a Genoese nobleman and seasoned military leader, rose to fame as Spain's top general in the Netherlands during the Eighty Years' War—a protracted Dutch revolt against Habsburg rule. Created amid the Twelve Years' Truce (1609–1621), the print honors Spinola...
About the Artist
Jan Harmensz. Muller · 1571–1628
Comment on works: Printer and Draughtsman