Emperor Mathias, 1614

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Medium

engraving on laid paper

Dimensions

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

Credit Line

Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

Catalogue Raisonné

Hollstein, no. 310, State i/iii

Accession Number

2012.92.66

Artists / Makers

Aegidius Sadeler II (artist) Flemish, c. 1570 - 1629

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Inscription

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.

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Kainen, Jacob, Mrs.
Rumbler, Helmut H., Mr.

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