Portrait of Joannes Neyen, General of the Order of Franciscan Friars, Ambassador in Trier
Medium
Engraving; New Holl.'s fourth state of five
Dimensions
Plate: 13 × 9 5/16 in. (33 × 23.7 cm) Sheet: 13 9/16 × 9 15/16 in. (34.5 × 25.2 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Leo Steinberg, 1991
Accession Number
1991.1339
Tags
About the Artist
Jan Muller|Michiel Jansz. van Mierevelt · 1571–1628
**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...