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Archduke Ernest of Austria

Print
1600-1602 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Print, portrait of a man, head and shoulders, facing slightly right, within an oval border with letters.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleArchduke Ernest of Austria (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Engraving
Brief description
Print, portrait of Archduke Ernest of Austria, engraving by Dominicus Custos, 1600-2.
Physical description
Print, portrait of a man, head and shoulders, facing slightly right, within an oval border with letters.
Dimensions
  • Height: 16.8cm
  • Width: 12.1cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1960: Volume 2, Edgar Seligman Gift. London: HMSO, 1966.
Style
Marks and inscriptions
'Ernestus, S.R. Maximil. II. Aug. F. Rudolphi. II. Aug. Fr. Archid. Aust. / In coelas abijt, tritavi…Non Vile Labor.' (Lettered)
Credit line
Given by Edgar Seligman
Object history
This print was published as a plate in Atrium Heroicum Caesarum by D. Custos, Augsburg, 1600-2.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1960: Volume 2, Edgar Seligman Gift. London: HMSO, 1966.
Collection
Accession number
E.4451-1960

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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