# 16th-century Netherlands

Time and place · hang 748 · 35 works

Works made in the Netherlands in the 16th century.

The rooms are imagined; every work on their walls is real.

## First room, north wall

1. [The Wedding of Cupid and Psyche](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-wedding-of-cupid-and-psyche-aic-268822), Hendrick Goltzius, 1587. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/16-netherlands/the-wedding-of-cupid-and-psyche-aic-268822?hang=748)
2. [The Power of Women: The Poet Virgil Suspended in a Basket](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-power-of-women-the-poet-virgil-suspended-in-a-basket-cma-114941), Lucas van Leyden, c. 1512. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/16-netherlands/the-power-of-women-the-poet-virgil-suspended-in-a-basket-cma-114941?hang=748)
3. [Saint Anne with the Virgin and the Christ Child](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/saint-anne-with-the-virgin-and-the-christ-child-nga-56148), Master of Frankfurt, c. 1511/1515. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/16-netherlands/saint-anne-with-the-virgin-and-the-christ-child-nga-56148?hang=748)

## First room, south wall

4. [The Harvesters](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-harvesters-met-435809), Pieter Bruegel, 1565. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/16-netherlands/the-harvesters-met-435809?hang=748)
5. [Phaeton, from "The Four Disgracers"](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/phaeton-from-the-four-disgracers-met-343581), Hendrick Goltzius, 1588. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/16-netherlands/phaeton-from-the-four-disgracers-met-343581?hang=748)
6. [Diana and Actaeon](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/diana-and-actaeon-met-337490), Bartholomeus Spranger, ca. 1580–85. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/16-netherlands/diana-and-actaeon-met-337490?hang=748)

## Second room, south wall

7. [The Last Supper](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-last-supper-aic-268824), Jan Harmensz. Muller, 1594. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/16-netherlands/the-last-supper-aic-268824?hang=748)
8. [Plate 13: Yellow Swallowtail and Red Admiral Butterflies with a Dragonfly (Broad-Bodied Chaser?)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/plate-13-yellow-swallowtail-and-red-admiral-butterflies-with-nga-69674), Joris Hoefnagel, c.1575/1590s. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/16-netherlands/plate-13-yellow-swallowtail-and-red-admiral-butterflies-with-nga-69674?hang=748)
9. [Ice skaters on the Amstel in Amsterdam](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/ice-skaters-on-the-amstel-in-amsterdam-met-910730), Hans Bol, 1589. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/16-netherlands/ice-skaters-on-the-amstel-in-amsterdam-met-910730?hang=748)
10. [Two Men Seated Near the Waterside](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/two-men-seated-near-the-waterside-nga-53889), Herman van Swanevelt. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/16-netherlands/two-men-seated-near-the-waterside-nga-53889?hang=748)

## Second room, north wall

11. [Fish Market](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/fish-market-met-679844), Joachim Beuckelaer, 1568. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/16-netherlands/fish-market-met-679844?hang=748)
12. [Three Men Carrying Staffs](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/three-men-carrying-staffs-nga-53888), Herman van Swanevelt. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/16-netherlands/three-men-carrying-staffs-nga-53888?hang=748)
13. [Still Life with Flowers, a Snail and Insects](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/still-life-with-flowers-a-snail-and-insects-met-382608), Joris Hoefnagel, 1589. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/16-netherlands/still-life-with-flowers-a-snail-and-insects-met-382608?hang=748)

## Third room, north wall

14. [Christ at the Feast of Simon](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/christ-at-the-feast-of-simon-aic-268828), Jan Saenredam, c. 1590-1600. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/16-netherlands/christ-at-the-feast-of-simon-aic-268828?hang=748)
15. [The Apollo Belvedere, plate 3 from Three Famous Antique Sculptures](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-apollo-belvedere-plate-3-from-three-famous-antique-sculp-aic-112043), Hendrick Goltzius, c. 1592, printed c. 1617. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/16-netherlands/the-apollo-belvedere-plate-3-from-three-famous-antique-sculp-aic-112043?hang=748)
16. [Apollo](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/apollo-aic-83761), Jan Harmensz. Muller, c. 1600-1620. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/16-netherlands/apollo-aic-83761?hang=748)

## Doors

- [More by Jan Harmensz. Muller](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/jan-harmensz-muller?hang=748&via=continue) (4 works)
- [More Dutch Golden Age](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/dutch-golden-age?hang=748&via=continue) (44 works)
- [16th-century Netherlands, room 2](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/16-netherlands?hang=748&cursor=eyJvIjoxNiwiaCI6NzQ4LCJpIjpudWxsLCJnIjoiUC1LNXFjd1oifQ)