M2781: Philippus Emmanuel ex Lotharingis dux Mercurius

Identification and Creation

Object Number

M2781

People

Anton Wierix II, Flemish (c. 1555/1559 - 1604)

Title

Philippus Emmanuel ex Lotharingis dux Mercurius

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

before 1604

Places

Creation Place: Europe, Netherlands

Culture

Flemish

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/263255

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Engraving printed in black ink on off-white antique laid paper

Technique

Engraving

Dimensions

plate: 8.2 x 6 cm (3 1/4 x 2 3/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: engraved inscription printed in the lower plate margin: PHILIPVS EMMANVEL...GVBERNATOR BRITANNIÆ... / Anto.wierx fecit et excudit.
  
  
  
  
• inscription: verso, graphite: A. 15370[illeg.]/50-
• collector's mark: verso, brown stamp:
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  P.J.S [Paul J. Sachs (Lugt 2091)]
  
  
  
  
  
  
• collector's mark: verso, brown stamp with accession number written in graphite:
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  THE WILLIAM HAYES FOGG / ART MUSEUM OF / HARVARD UNIVERSITY
  / 2781[Lugt 936]
  
  
  
  
  
  

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number

New Hollstein 2121, Mauquoy-Hendrickx 1874; Alvin 1980

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Paul J. Sachs

Accession Year

1924

Object Number

M2781

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

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