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The Judgment of Midas

Karel van Mander1589

The Cleveland Museum of Art

The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States

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, <em>Het Schilder-boeck</em> (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.

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  • Title: The Judgment of Midas
  • Creator: Nicolaes Clock (Dutch), Karel I van Mander (Netherlandish, 1548-1606)
  • Date Created: 1589
  • Physical Dimensions: Sheet: 26.5 x 40.1 cm (10 7/16 x 15 13/16 in.)
  • Type: Print
  • Rights: CC0
  • External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1971.32
  • Medium: engraving
  • Inscriptions: 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[?]
  • Department: Prints
  • Culture: Netherlands, 16th century
  • Credit Line: Gift of The Butkin Foundation
  • Collection: PR - Engraving
  • Accession Number: 1971.32
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