Jan Harmensz Muller (Dutch, 1571-1628)
after Adriaen de Vries (Dutch, c. 1545-1626)
The Rape of a Sabine Woman, Frontal View
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Jan Harmensz Muller (Dutch, 1571-1628)
after Adriaen de Vries (Dutch, c. 1545-1626)c. 1598
The Rape of a Sabine Woman, Frontal View
Jan Harmensz Muller (Dutch, 1571-1628) after Adriaen de Vries (Dutch, c. 1545-1626) →engravingprint
Date
c. 1598
Medium
Engraving on paper
Dimensions
Sheet, trimmed within platemark: 42 × 28 cm (16 9/16 × 11 1/16 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
The Wallace L. DeWolf and Joseph Brooks Fair Collections
Jan Harmensz Müller produced a series of masterful engravings from three different vantage points after wax models for Adriaen de Vries’s sculpture Rape of a Sabine. Although De Vries cast his sculpture around 1620, long after Müller produced his prints, he replicated the style of antique bronzes. Müller’s series highlights both his engraving skill and his ability to mimic sculpture in the round. The ancient story, in which Roman soldiers requisitioned brides en masse, is particularly apt for this purpose, for the images showcase the twists and turns of conflicting male and female bodies.
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