Bellona Leading the Armies of the Emperor against the Turks

1600

Jan Muller

Jan Muller (Dutch, 1571–1628)

Prints

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

Original Source

Maker/Artist: Muller, Jan Harmensz
Classification: Print
Formatted Medium: engraving (printed from two plates)
Medium: engraving, printed, from, plates
Dimensions: 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.)
Inscribed: 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
Departments: Prints
Accession Number: 1985.142
Credit Line: Edwin R. and Harriet Pelton Perkins Memorial Fund
Exhibitions: Images of War, Mannerism: Italian, French, and Netherlandish Prints, 1520-1620, Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; 8/3/97 - 10/26/97. "Mannerism: Italian, French, and Netherlandish Prints, 1520-1620."
Rights Statement: CC0