- Identification and Creation
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- Object Number
- M20496
- People
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Heinrich Aldegrever, German (Paderborn, Germany 1502 - after 1555 Soest, Germany)
- Title
- William V, Duke of Julich, Cleve and Berg
- Classification
- Prints
- Work Type
- Date
- 1540
- Culture
- German
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/259047
- Physical Descriptions
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- Medium
- Engraving printed in black ink on white antique laid paper
- Technique
- Engraving
- Dimensions
- Image: 26.5 × 19.5 cm (10 7/16 × 7 11/16 in.)
Plate: 30.5 × 23.5 cm (12 × 9 1/4 in.)
Sheet: 31.3 × 23.7 cm (12 5/16 × 9 5/16 in.) - Inscriptions and Marks
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- inscription: in plate, top: . VON . GOTTES . GENADEN . WILHELM . HERTZOG . ZU . IVLICH . GELRE . CLEVE . BERGE . / GRAFF . ZVR . MARCK . ZV . ZVTPHEN V[N]D . RAVENSPVRG . HER . ZV . RAVENSTEYN [all Ns engraved backwards]
- inscription: in design, bottom, two verses left and right with the artist's signature and date centered below: BIS . DVO . LVSTRA VIDENS . ET . VITAE . QVATTVOR ANNOS : / TALIS . IVLIACI . DVX . GVILIELMVS . ERAT . / ASPICIS . EXANGVEM . VIVENTIS . IMAGINIS . VMBRAM . / MORES . ET . VITAM . NULLA TABELLA . REFERT . / TOT . IVVENIS . VIRTVTE . SVA . SIBI . REGNA . PARAVIT . / QVOT . MODO . THEVTONIDOS . NVLLVS . IN . ORBE . PLAGAE // NULLI . IVSTICIA . NVLLI . PIETATE . SECVNDVS . / SE VETERVM . DOCVIT . LAVDIBVS . ESSE . PAREM . / INNOCVAM . VITAE . DECORAT . SAPIENTIA . LAVDEM . / PRAECIPVE . IN . CHRISTVM . NON . SIMVLATA . FIDES / QVOD . SI . VITA . NOVAE . POTVISSET . INESSE . TABELLAE . / QVOD . PETERES . MINIMVM . FORMA . FVTVRA . FVIT . // HINRICVS . ALDEGREVER . SVZANTIEN . FACIEBAT . / ANNO . M . D . X . [all Ns backward]
- collector's mark: black stamp at lower right corner of lower inscription tablet: P.L [Sir Peter Lely (Lugt 2094)]
- inscription: in plate, right side of background shading: AG [monogram]
- collector's mark: verso, red stamp with graphite numbering below: [Fogg Museum accession stamp (Lugt 396)] M20496
- State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
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- State
- i/iii
- Standard Reference Number
- New Hollstein 181, Bartsch 181
- Acquisition and Rights
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- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Jules Fisher
- Accession Year
- 1986
- Object Number
- M20496
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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