id:			152262
accession number:	1985.142
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1985.142
updated:		2024-03-26 01:59:54.837000

Bellona Leading the Armies of the Emperor against the Turks, 1600. Jan Muller (Dutch, 1571–1628), after Bartholomaeus Spranger (Flemish, 1546–1611). Engraving (printed from two plates); sheet: 70.8 x 51.2 cm (27 7/8 x 20 3/16 in.); image: 66.2 x 50.3 cm (26 1/16 x 19 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Edwin R. and Harriet Pelton Perkins Memorial Fund 1985.142

title:				Bellona Leading the Armies of the Emperor against the Turks
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creation date:			1600
creation date earliest:		1600
creation date latest:		1600
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creditline:			Edwin R. and Harriet Pelton Perkins Memorial Fund
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culture:	Netherlands, early 17th Century
technique:	engraving (printed from two plates)
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Engraving
type:		Print
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catalogue raisonne: Hollstein XIV.107.50

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CREATORS

* Jan Muller (Dutch, 1571–1628)  - artist

* Bartholomaeus Spranger (Flemish, 1546–1611)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 70.8 x 51.2 cm (27 7/8 x 20 3/16 in.); Image: 66.2 x 50.3 cm (26 1/16 x 19 13/16 in.)
state of the work:	I/II
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	description:	cream(1) laid paper
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	lower left, in plate: B. Sprangers invent. / Ioan.Muller.sculp. ; across bottom, in plate: Serenissimo Principi Domino D[n?]o MATHIÆ, Archiduci Austriæ, Duci Burgundiæ, Stiriæ, Carinthiæ, Carniolæ et Wirtembergæ etc. Comiti Tirolis etc. Nec non / Generali et supremo totius Christiani exercitûs contrà Turcas Duci ac Præfecto foelicissimo, D{n?]o suo clementissimo, Bartholomæus Spranger. S.C.M.Pictor D.S. [in engraved script] ; across bottom, in plate: En Bellona ciet turmas procùl ære canôro, / Spicula Marte vibrat dextro, succinctaque flagris / Bella fremit, fremebunda parat, gaudetque paratis. / Nec mora, feruet opus, Iouis ales prælia miscet / Quid dubitet? Bona caussa facit. Caducifer inquit: / Macte animis: caussarum sum Deus ipse bonarum. / Exere tu modò vim facto agmine, Romula pubes. / Terrificum Turcis fulmen, victoria vobis / Nube volans præsto est: nihil impedit, exere vires. / Non ergò differ pacis, Germania, sedes: / Præsidio maiore iuua Iouis alitis ausus. / Sic sternes Mahomet: victrix tua causa triumphet. ; lower right, in plate: Harman. Muller. excud. / Anº 1600. ; VERSO, lower left, in graphite: 78) ; lower right, in graphite: 289/75 ; lower right, in graphite: H 50 I/II ; lower right, in graphite: l- ; lower right, in graphite: 34
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Images of War
	opening date:   1991-11-05T05:00:00
	<i>Images of War</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 5, 1991-January 12, 1992).

	title:		Mannerism: Italian, French, and Netherlandish Prints, 1520-1620
	opening date:   1997-08-03T00:00:00
	<i>Mannerism: Italian, French, and Netherlandish Prints, 1520-1620</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 3-October 26, 1997).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'Cleveland, Ohio:  The Cleveland Museum of Art; 8/3/97 - 10/26/97.  "Mannerism:  Italian, French, and Netherlandish Prints, 1520-1620."', 'opening_date': '1997-08-03T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	purchased from (Hill-Stone, Inc., N.Y.)
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