Phlegmatici (The Phlegmatic Temperament), plate 4 from the series of the Four Temperaments Engraver: Harmen Jansz. Muller (Dutch, ca. 1538/39–1617)
After: Maerten van Heemskerck (Dutch, 1498–1574)

1566

Prints and Drawings

By appointment, Duffy Study Room
Medium

Engraving

Dimensions

platemark: 8 7/16 × 9 5/16 in. (21.5 × 23.6 cm)
sheet: 8 11/16 × 9 1/2 in. (22.1 × 24.1 cm)

Credit Line

Everett V. Meeks, B.A. 1901, Fund

Accession Number

2012.31.1.4

Geography

Made in The Netherlands

Culture

Dutch

Period

16th century

Classification

Prints

Disclaimer

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Bibliography
  • "Acquisitions," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin: Online Supplement (accessed December 21, 2012), 74
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

allegories, engravings, human figures (visual works)

Subject

clouds fish (animals) fishing men psychology scorpions (order) swans villages women

Inscriptions

In image, LL: MHeemskerck In 1566 (M H interlaced); CL: Kuna; CR: PHLEGMATICI; LR: 4

Signed

In plate, LR: HMuller fe (H M interlaced)

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