The Virgin with the Child Blessing
ca. 1593
Medium
Engraving; first state of three, with additions in pen and brown ink
Dimensions
Sheet: 8 15/16 × 6 in. (22.7 × 15.2 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, A. Hyatt Mayor Purchase Fund, Marjorie Phelps Starr Bequest, Dr. and Mrs. Arthur H. Elkind Gift, and funds from various donors, 2014
Accession Number
2014.662
Tags
About the Artist
Jan Muller · 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...