Eleanora, Wife of Ferdinand II, 1640s

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series Title

FERDINANDUS IIus et IIIus IMPERATORUM DOMUS AUSTRIACAE... (c. 1650?)

Medium

etching and engraving on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 41.1 x 28.2 cm (16 3/16 x 11 1/8 in.)

sheet: 42.9 x 30.2 cm (16 7/8 x 11 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Catalogue Raisonné

Hollstein, no. 7, State i/ii

Accession Number

2001.77.2

Artists / Makers

Pieter van Sompel (artist) Flemish, c. 1600 - 1643 or after

Pieter Claesz Soutman (artist after) Dutch, 1580 - 1657

Image Use

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Inscription

lower center in image on cartouche: Eleonora Ferdinand, Ill Uxor, Deigratia Imperatrix Semper Augusta, / Germaniae, Hungarie et Bohemiae Regina, Austriae / Archidux, Burgundiae Dux. / P. Soutman Effigavit / et Excud / Cum Privil. Sa. Ca. M. / P. Van Sompel / Sculpsit.; by later hand, lower center verso in graphite: B. 14; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: C. 11655

Provenance

(Mr. James A. Bergquist, Boston); purchased 2001 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bergquist, James A., Mr.

Bibliography

1949: Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700. 8 vols. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1954-1868. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberge