Fortune Distributing her Gifts
Medium
Engraving on two joined sheets of ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Plate: 50.8 × 91.3 cm (20 × 36 in.); sheet: 52.4 × 92.6 cm (20 11/16 × 36 1/2 in.)
Classification
engraving
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
268825
Art Historical Context
Behold *Fortune Distributing her Gifts*, a masterful1590 engraving by Dutch artist Jan Harmensz. Muller, on view in the Prints and Drawings department at the Art Institute of Chicago. Measuring an impressive 50.8 × 91.3 cm on two joined sheets of ivory laid paper, this large-scale work exemplifies the technical ambition of late 16th-century printmaking. Muller, a prodigious engraver active in Haarlem and Amsterdam, was renowned for his intricate reproductive prints that captured the elegance of Mannerist designs, often inspired by Flemish and Italian masters. The allegorical theme draws from ...
About the Artist
Jan Harmensz. Muller · 1571–1628
Comment on works: Printer and Draughtsman