Emperor Maximilian II

1574

Martino Rota

Associated Names
Martino Rota

Artist, Italian, c. 1520 - 1583

The image shows a man with a long, pointed nose, deep-set eyes, and a bushy mustache and beard. He wears a tall hat with a decorative band and feathers, a lace ruff, and an ornate collar chain. In the background, there is a curtain with a pattern and a view of distant buildings and a spire under a clear sky. The image includes inscriptions in Latin text at the bottom.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 20.9 x 15.5 cm (8 1/4 x 6 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.7540

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bartsch, no. 82

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(sale, C.G. Boerner, Leipzig, May 7-9, 1928, lot 1013); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA (Lugt 1760b); gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2000

  • The Power of Appearances: Renaissance and Reformation Portrait Prints and Medals, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover; The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Poughkeepsie; Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, 2000-2001.

2014

  • Bartholomeus Spranger: Splendor and Eroticism in Imperial Prague, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2014.

Bibliography

1802

  • Bartsch, Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna, 1802-1821: Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna: J.V. Degen, 1802-1821.

Wikidata ID

Q65023696

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