Emperor Mathias

1614

Aegidius Sadeler II

Artist, Flemish, c. 1570 - 1629

Aegidius Sadeler II

Attributed to

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 67.2 × 42 cm (26 7/16 × 16 9/16 in.) (trimmed to plate mark)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.66

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, no. 310, State i/iii

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Kunsthandlung Helmut H. Rumbler, Frankfurt-am-Main); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased November 16, 2005; Gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2013

  • Northern Mannerist Prints from the Kainen Collection, NGA, 2013 - 2014.

Bibliography

1949

  • Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger: no. 310, i/iii

Inscriptions

in image, at lower center: DIVO MATTHIAE CAES. / AVGVST. AC GERMANIAE / HVNGAR: BOHEM: DAL: / MAT: CROAT: SCLAVON: / ETC: REGI, ARCHIDVCI / AVSTRIAE, DVCI BVR / GVNDIAE: ETC. COM: TY: / ROL: ETC. P. P. P. FE:; below image: SAC. CAES EIVSDEM MAI. SCVLPTOR EGIDIUS SADELER, AD VIVVM DELINEAVIT, ET IN DEVOTI ANIMI SIGNVM D D. / PRAGAE ANNO CHRISTIANO M. DC. XIIII.

Wikidata ID

Q76335134

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