Antonie Wierix

Portrait of Philip, Infant of Spain, Later King Philip III

Maker

Antonie Wierix (Flemish, ca. 1552-ca. 1624)

Title

Portrait of Philip, Infant of Spain, Later King Philip III
from the series "Rulers of the Netherlands"

Year

late 1500s-early 1600s

Medium

Engraving on light weight cream laid paper

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Engraving on light weight cream laid paper

Materials

engraving

Supports

Light weight cream laid paper

Dimensions

Plate/Image: 11.6 x 7.6 cm (4 9/16 x 3 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

In Plate--Inscribed around portrait:PHILIPPUS III · AUSTRIACVS, HISPANIARVM PRINCEPS, HVMANI GENERIS DESIDERIVM. ; inscribed, LL:Anton. Wierx fecit et excud. ; inscribed, LR:I. Bochïus S.P.Q. Antwerp, a Secretis. ; six line Latin inscription, LC:Tertius inciso sic redditur aere Philippus...

Marks: Partial Watermark:(shield with flowers on it)____can't make out [entirely]

Identification

State

2nd of 2

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Professor and Mrs. David Kossoff

Object Number

82.137.1

Type

Prints

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Tombstone

Antonie Wierix (Flemish, ca. 1552-ca. 1624)

Portrait of Philip, Infant of Spain, Later King Philip III; from the series "Rulers of the Netherlands", late 1500s-early 1600s

Engraving on light weight cream laid paper

Plate/Image: 11.6 x 7.6 cm (4 9/16 x 3 inches)

Gift of Professor and Mrs. David Kossoff 82.137.1

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