Wilhelm V Artist: Cornelis Visscher (Dutch, ca. 1629–1658)

Prints and Drawings

By appointment, Duffy Study Room
Medium

Engraving and etching

Dimensions

sheet: 15 7/8 × 11 9/16 in. (40.3 × 29.4 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. Howard M. Morse

Accession Number

1957.45.39c

Geography

Made in The Netherlands

Culture

Dutch

Period

17th century

Classification

Prints

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No Copyright - United States
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Inscriptions

Within oval, below portrait: Wilhelmvs Vtvs, Margaretae et Lvd. Bav. F./ Dvx Bavariae, Comes Palatinvs Rheni,/ Hollandiae, Zelandiae, Frislaeqve Comes XXV./ Qvibvs, Defvncta Matre, Accessit Hannonia./ Vxor, Machtildis Lancastria, Sterilis./ Mente Captvs Ae MCCCLVIII./ Obiit Ao. MCCCLXXVII Sep. Valencenis.\r\n\r\nBelow oval, left of coat of arms: Natus ego Augusto Bavarorum sanguine,Princeps/ Post matrem Batavis Hannonijsque fui./ Omnibus his videor felix potuisse vieri,/ Imperij nisi praecipitasset amor.\r\n\r\nRight of coat of arms: Hine mihi prima mali labes,hine caetera nata,/ Quae taceo facti conscius ipse mei./ Tu pia Posteritas,quoniam mihi vita negata est,/ Aeterna haec mecum morte sepulta finas.

Signed

Bottom, left of oval: Cornelis Visscher Sculpsit

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