Holy Family and Two Music-Making Angels

Holy Family and Two Music-Making Angels by Jan Muller|Bartholomeus Spranger|Harmen Jansz. Muller

Medium

Engraving; probably second state of three (lacking titlespace below)

Dimensions

Sheet (trimmed): 11 1/4 × 13/16 in. (28.5 × 2.1 cm)

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1953

Accession Number

53.601.336(80)

Tags

AngelsChristVirgin MaryMusical InstrumentsHoly FamilySaint JosephMusicians

About the Artist

Jan Muller|Bartholomeus Spranger|Harmen Jansz. Muller · 15711628

**Jan Harmensz. Muller (1571–1628)** Born in Amsterdam in 1571, Jan Harmensz. Muller grew up immersed in the world of printmaking, as the son of the prominent engraver, publisher, and book printer Harmen Jansz. Muller. He studied under his father, mastering the engraving trade within the family business, The Gilded Compasses. Around 1589, Muller joined the workshop of Hendrick Goltzius in Haarlem...

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