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Engraving

1581 (Printed)
Artist/Maker
Goltzius (Printmaker)
Place of origin
Haarlem (Printed)

Engraving


Object details

Categories
Ornament Prints
Prints
Object type
Engraving
Materials and techniques
Engraving
Printing Ink
Engraving
Brief description
Hendrick Goltzius. Portrait of Charlotte of Bourbon. Holland, 1581.
Physical description
Engraving
Dimensions
  • Cut to height: 27.0cm
  • Cut to width: 18.4cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Lettered in the margin around oval: 'CAROLA BVRBONIA.D.G.PRIN.AVR.CO:NASS. &C.AET.ANN.XXIII.Ao.M.LXXXI.'
  • Lettered in the lower centre within a cartouche: 'Huius me curae.... lustrabit lapade Solis.'
Object history
Companion portrait to that of William of Orange, see V&A inventory number 25096.1.
Bibliographic reference
Leesberg, Marjolein The New Hollstein Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700 (Rotterdam: Sound and Vision Publishers, 2012): Henrdick Goltzius Part II, nos. 261-262.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
25096:2

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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