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Henry IV, King of France (b. 1553 - d. 1610)
Hendrick Goltzius (Dutch, 1558–1617)
about 1600
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 35.5 x 25.3 cm (14 x 9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP7255
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch 173; Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish, vol. VIII) 193 (II); Leesberg (New Hollstein, Dutch & Flemish, Goltzius, part II) 226 (II/V)
State
II/V
Signed
Signed in plate, lower left: HGoltzius Sculp
Marks
No watermark; recto, lower right, collector's stamp in red: H.F.S. [Henry F. Sewall; Lugt 1309]; lower center, in graphite [very faint] 1st state/with address of de la Houue; verso, purple Parker Collection MFA stamp with accession number in ink: 7255 [Lugt 1870]
InscriptionsInscribed in plate, in margin, lower center: Ce grand Roy que tuvoys est remply de la grace/De Mars et de Pallas? de ces nobles ayeuxs/Al fuit de pas a pas les Senties vertueux/Qui ia dedans le ciel luy promettent vne place.; lower right: Auec priuil. du Roy/Paul es de la Houue./excudebat./au Palais
ProvenanceHenry Foster Sewell (b. 1816 - d. 1896; Lugt 1309), New York; November, 1897, purchased by the MFA through the Harvey D. Parker Fund. (Accession Date: October 21, 1897)