Harvard Art Museums > M20496: William V, Duke of Julich, Cleve and Berg Prints Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"William V, Duke of Julich, Cleve and Berg (Heinrich Aldegrever) , M20496,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 24, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/259047. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number M20496 People Heinrich Aldegrever, German (Paderborn, Germany 1502 - after 1555 Soest, Germany) Title William V, Duke of Julich, Cleve and Berg Classification Prints Work Type print Date 1540 Culture German Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/259047 Physical Descriptions Medium Engraving printed in black ink on white antique laid paper Technique Engraving Dimensions Image: 26.5 × 19.5 cm (10 7/16 × 7 11/16 in.) Plate: 30.5 × 23.5 cm (12 × 9 1/4 in.) Sheet: 31.3 × 23.7 cm (12 5/16 × 9 5/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks inscription: in plate, top: . VON . GOTTES . GENADEN . WILHELM . HERTZOG . ZU . IVLICH . GELRE . CLEVE . BERGE . / GRAFF . ZVR . MARCK . ZV . ZVTPHEN V[N]D . RAVENSPVRG . HER . ZV . RAVENSTEYN [all Ns engraved backwards] inscription: in design, bottom, two verses left and right with the artist's signature and date centered below: BIS . DVO . LVSTRA VIDENS . ET . VITAE . QVATTVOR ANNOS : / TALIS . IVLIACI . DVX . GVILIELMVS . ERAT . / ASPICIS . EXANGVEM . VIVENTIS . IMAGINIS . VMBRAM . / MORES . ET . VITAM . NULLA TABELLA . REFERT . / TOT . IVVENIS . VIRTVTE . SVA . SIBI . REGNA . PARAVIT . / QVOT . MODO . THEVTONIDOS . NVLLVS . IN . ORBE . PLAGAE // NULLI . IVSTICIA . NVLLI . PIETATE . SECVNDVS . / SE VETERVM . DOCVIT . LAVDIBVS . ESSE . PAREM . / INNOCVAM . VITAE . DECORAT . SAPIENTIA . LAVDEM . / PRAECIPVE . IN . CHRISTVM . NON . SIMVLATA . FIDES / QVOD . SI . VITA . NOVAE . POTVISSET . INESSE . TABELLAE . / QVOD . PETERES . MINIMVM . FORMA . FVTVRA . FVIT . // HINRICVS . ALDEGREVER . SVZANTIEN . FACIEBAT . / ANNO . M . D . X . [all Ns backward] collector's mark: black stamp at lower right corner of lower inscription tablet: P.L [Sir Peter Lely (Lugt 2094)] inscription: in plate, right side of background shading: AG [monogram] collector's mark: verso, red stamp with graphite numbering below: [Fogg Museum accession stamp (Lugt 396)] M20496 State, Edition, Standard Reference Number State i/iii Standard Reference Number New Hollstein 181, Bartsch 181 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Jules Fisher Accession Year 1986 Object Number M20496 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
