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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M20283
People
Hendrick Goltzius, Dutch (Mühlbracht 1558 - 1617 Haarlem, Netherlands)
Title
William I of Orange ("The Silent")
Other Titles
Title: William, Count of Nassau, Prince of Orange
Series/Book Title: Portraits of William of Orange and Charlotte of Bourbon
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1581
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/256742

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Engraving printed in black ink on white antique laid paper, darkened to cream
Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
plate: 26.7 x 18.2 cm (10 1/2 x 7 3/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • watermark: armorial
  • inscription: in plate, in cartouche below main design: HG[monogram]oltzius fecit. / Hh[monogram] ex.
  • inscription: in plate, in oval border around main design: GVILELM. D. G. PR. AVRAICÆ. COMES NASSAVIÆ. &c. ÆT. AN. XLVIII. Ao. CIƆ.LXXXI.
  • inscription: in plate, at top center, in circular border around coat of arms: IE MAINTIENDRAY
  • inscription: in plate, below four rectangular designs at the four corners of the main design area, reading from left to right and top to bottom: Hac duce clarescit mihi nox. / Hac protegor vmbra / Hæc mandata sequar / Sœuis traquillus in undis.
  • inscription: in plate, in tablet centered at the lower edge: Impia vis fremit: Hæ animo cura una sedebit, / Intrepidâ Rex CHRISTE manu (dum vita superstes) / Rite tuam ut possim per dura pericula legem, / Commissum q gregem, & patriæ pia iura tueri.
  • inscription: verso, graphite: 2.00
  • collector's mark: verso, red stamp with graphite numbering below: [Fogg Museum accession stamp (Lugt 936)] M20283

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
ii/ii
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein 261, Hollstein 203, Bartsch 178, The Illustrated Bartsch 0301.178

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Jerry F. Hayes in memory of Dr. William H. Wilson, Class of 1974
Object Number
M20283
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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