Portrait of Francois Ravaillac, Murderer of Henry IV, King of France
Maker
(artist)
1546-1624
(engraver)
1546-1624
1546-1624
(engraver)
1546-1624
Title
Portrait of Francois Ravaillac, Murderer of Henry IV, King of France
Dimensions
Height: 23.9 cm
Width: 16.4 cm
Width: 16.4 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.2365
Mode of Acquisition
Witt Library, transfer, 1990
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
Information not yet known or updated
Inscriptions
Inscription: Recto: within image, upper left: “A / FRANOOYS / RAVAILLAC / MOORDENAER //”; within image, upper right, text surrounds each oval frame with portrait heads of Henry IV, Marie de Medici and Louis XIII: “HENDRICVS IIII D G FRANCORVM ET NAVARRA REX / MARIA DE MEDICES D.G. FRAN ET VAVRR REGINA / LOVYS XIII D V FRANCORVM ET NAVARRE REX //”; within image, lower left: Cristoffel van Sichem Inuentor et fecit //”.
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