Henry IV of France

Dutch 17th Century

Artist

Hugo Grotius

Author, Dutch, 1583 - 1645

Media Options

This object’s media is not available for download. Contact us about image usage.
Not on view See artworks now on view

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 19.5 × 13.4 cm (7 11/16 × 5 1/4 in.)

  • Accession

    1950.14.634

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein 226, copy f, State ii/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

W. B. Dukes [d. 1942], London, (L.2757a); (Sotheby, London, sale July 8, 1942, no. 112); Hermann Marx [d. 1948], Surrey, (L.2816a); (Sotheby, London, sale May 24, 1948, no. 165); Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891 - 1979], Philadelphia, (L.1932d); gift to NGA, 1950.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1993

  • The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. (Hendrick Goltzius, Marjolein Leesburg, author). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. 226, copy f, ii/ii.

Inscriptions

in text around oval, in plate: HENRICUS MAGNUS DEI GRATIA GALLIAE ET NAVARRAE REX CHRISTIANISSIMUS.; in margin below image, in plate: Quantum aliis reges tantundem regibus exstans, / Et bello, et belli victor, et ipse sui, / Hic ille Henricus, quo Gallia dante recepit / Fracta decus, mores barbara, puaper opes. / H. Grotius.

Wikidata ID

Q65226883

You may be interested in

Loading Results