● On view now — 101A Prints & Drawings
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · verified August 2026
FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG
The central, striding figure, Bellona (the Roman goddess of war), is said to be either the sister or the wife of Mars, god of war. The double-headed eagle of the Habsburgs appears on the flag behind her. Born in Amsterdam, Jan Muller probably learned engraving from his father, Harman Muller, a printmaker and publisher. He traveled to Italy in the 1590s and presumably stopped in Prague along the way. There he made prints based on designs by artists employed at the Habsburg court, including Bartholomeaus Spranger (1546–1611).
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Jan Saenredam (Dutch, 1565–1607) — Pallas Athena
Jan Saenredam (Dutch, 1565–1607) — Three Goddesses
Jan Muller|Bartholomeus Spranger|Harmen Jansz. Muller — Mine
Bartholomeus Spranger|Jan Muller|Harmen Jansz. Muller — Mine
Bartholomeus Spranger|Jan Muller — Minerva
Balthazar Moncornet|Anonymous|Peter Paul Rubens — The Trophy
Jost Amman — Judith, from Celebrated Women of the Old Testam
Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577–1640) — Saint Catherine in 
Abraham Bosse|Gilles Rousselet|Claude Vignon|Pierre Mariette
Abraham Bosse|Pierre Mariette|Gilles Rousselet|Claude Vignon
Frans Floris the Elder (Flemish, 1509–1570) — Victory Surrou
Frans Floris I — Victory Surrounded by Prisoners and Trophie
