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The Judgment of Midas

1589

Nicolaes Clock

(Dutch)

after Karel I van Mander

(Netherlandish, 1548–1606)

Netherlands, 16th century

Engraving

Support: Cream(1) laid paper

Sheet: 26.5 x 40.1 cm (10 7/16 x 15 13/16 in.)

Gift of The Butkin Foundation 1971.32

Catalogue raisonné: Hollstein 4 (IV.172)

Location

not on view

Description

Karel van Mander (1548–1606) is best known as an author, although he was most active as an artist under the influence of Goltzius. His most famous work is the 1604 publication, Het Schilder-boeck (The Book of Painters), a part-theoretical and part-biographical study. In 1583, Van Mander settled in Haarlem, and became closely involved with Goltzius and his circle.

Inscriptions

Inscription

lower right, in plate: KM[in monogram]andere Iuent. A°1598. ; across bottom, in plate: Arcas fistulicen Tmolo sub iudice, Phaebi / Ausus et incestare fides, et spernere cantus. / Astiterant Nymphae, et Berecynthius arbiter; at Pan / Insonuit rde quid: risit Latous Apollo. / Pana silere iubet Tmolus, tum Delius aptat / Ad cÿtharam digitos, cytharaeque accomodat ora. / Huic Tmolus palmam, tibi Pan Berecynthius heros, / Auriculas asini sed habet Mida, vindice Phaebo. F.E. ; lower left, in graphite: 6 6 Do liheur[?]

Exhibition history

Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; 8/3/97 - 10/26/97. "Mannerism: Italian, French, and Netherlandish Prints, 1520-1620."

Year in Review: 1971. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 28, 1971-February 6, 1972).

Mannerism: Italian, French, and Netherlandish Prints, 1520-1620. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 3-October 26, 1997).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1971.32