- Identification and Creation
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- Object Number
- M9621
- People
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Hendrick Goltzius, Dutch (Mühlbracht 1558 - 1617 Haarlem, Netherlands)
- Title
- William, Count of Nassau, Prince of Orange
- Other Titles
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Series/Book Title: Portraits of William of Orange and Charlotte of Bourbon
Former Title: William I of Orange ("The Silent") - Classification
- Prints
- Work Type
- Date
- 1581
- Places
- Creation Place: Europe, Netherlands
- Culture
- Dutch
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/256799
- Physical Descriptions
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- Medium
- Engraving printed in black ink on white antique laid paper, darkened to cream
- Technique
- Engraving
- Dimensions
- sheet: 25.4 × 18.4 cm (10 × 7 1/4 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- inscription: in plate, in cartouche below the central design: HG[monogram]oltzius fecit.
- inscription: in plate, within oval border of the central design: GVILELM. D. G. PR. AVRAICÆ. COMES NASSAVIÆ. &c. ÆT. AN. XLVIII. Ao. CIƆ.LXXXI.
- inscription: in plate, top center, within circular border surrounding coat of arms: IE MAINTIENDRAY
- inscription: in plate, below four rectangular designs at four corners of the plate, reading from upper left to lower right: 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.
- collector's mark: verso, brown stamo with graphite numbering below: [Fogg Museum accession stamp (Lugt 936)] 9621
- State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
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- State
- i/ii
- Standard Reference Number
- New Hollstein 261, Hollstein 203, Bartsch 178, The Illustrated Bartsch 0301.178
- Acquisition and Rights
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- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mrs. William Simes
- Accession Year
- 1939
- Object Number
- M9621
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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