# Apollo

**Jan Harmensz. Muller** (Dutch, 1571–1628)  
c. 1600-1620  
Pen and brown ink, heightened with lead white (partly discolored), over black chalk, on blue laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper  
Primary support: 36.5 × 23.4 cm (14 3/8 × 9 1/4 in.); Secondary support: 38.2 × 24.2 cm (15 1/16 × 9 9/16 in.)

Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1922.1754. [The museum's record](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/83761).

## About this work

Jan Harmensz. Muller painted this in about 1600-1620, aged about 24. It is now at the Art Institute of Chicago.

### What you’re looking at

A work made of pen and brown ink, heightened with lead white (partly discolored), over black chalk, on blue laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper.

_Description from the Art Institute of Chicago._

### How it was made

- **Chalk.** Natural black, red and white chalks. Used together on toned paper they could give the warmth of flesh with very little effort, and they were favourites for studies from life.
- **Pen and ink.** Drawn with a quill or reed pen, often with wash added by brush to model light and shadow.
- **Laid paper.** Handmade on a mould of close-set wires, which leave fine parallel lines you can see when the sheet is held to the light.

### [Jan Harmensz. Muller](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/jan-harmensz-muller)

Dutch, 1571–1628

Muller came from an Amsterdam family of engravers and publishers and became one of the most accomplished Dutch Mannerist engravers. Working in the swelling-line manner associated with Hendrick Goltzius, he engraved compositions after Bartholomeus Spranger, Cornelis van Haarlem and the sculptor Adriaen de Vries, as well as his own designs, rendering muscular figures in dramatic, twisting poses.

_Written by Ochre Editions._

## Facts

- Type: Drawing and Watercolor
- Culture: Netherlands
- The artist was about 24
- Real size: about 14 × 9 in (36 × 23 cm). The 11 × 14 in print is close to life size.
- Century: 16th century
- Movement: [Dutch Golden Age](https://www.ochreeditions.com/movements/dutch-golden-age)
- Colour: brown
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

## Get it

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- Framed reproduction: 8 × 10 in $78; 11 × 14 in $98; 12 × 16 in $108; 16 × 20 in $138; 18 × 24 in $164; 20 × 30 in $208; 24 × 36 in $258; 30 × 40 in $338
- Canvas reproduction: 8 × 10 in $58; 11 × 14 in $72; 12 × 16 in $79; 16 × 20 in $98; 18 × 24 in $118; 20 × 30 in $148; 24 × 36 in $178; 30 × 40 in $228
- Print-ready file: 8 × 10 in $2; 11 × 14 in $2; 12 × 16 in $3; 16 × 20 in $3; 18 × 24 in $3; 20 × 30 in $5; 24 × 36 in $5; 30 × 40 in $5

Sizes stop where the museum's file would print below 150 pixels per inch. Everything sold is a reproduction, made to order. [Order a print](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/apollo-aic-83761).