print;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1869,0612.226
- Title
- Object: Guilelmus D.G.
- Description
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Portrait of William I, Prince of Orange; three-quarter length slightly turned to right, standing in armour, holding a baton and his sword, a table with a helmet and gloves at left; English letterpress on verso; after Hendrik Goltzius; illustration to Grimeston's "A Generall Historie of the Netherlands" (London: 1608 and 1627)
Etching
- Production date
- 1601
- Dimensions
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Height: 198 millimetres
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Width: 124 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- This print is one of the illustrations to Grimeston's "A Generall Historie of the Netherlands" for comment see 1869,0612.224.
This portrait in particular is a copy with variations (in the frame, pedestal and lettering) after Hendrik Goltzius, see 1854,0708.16. For other copies, see 1986,0621.64 and O,4.5.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: A generall Historie of the Netherlands: with the genealogie and memorable acts of the Earls of Holland, Zeeland and West-Friseland from Thierry Aquitaine ... successively unto Philip III, King of Spain: Continued unto this present y.
- Acquisition date
- 1869
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1869,0612.226