Portrait of Ninus
Maker
(artist)
1532-1603
(printmaker)
1560-1618
(publisher)
1560-1618
1532-1603
(printmaker)
1560-1618
(publisher)
1560-1618
Title
Portrait of Ninus
Dimensions
Height: 21.8 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.2556
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, lower: “M. de Vos invent Ad. Collaert sculp. et excud. //”; within image, upper: “NINVS. //”; lower margin: “Primus ego bellis ausus protendere fines, / Prima Monarchiae jura dedi Assyrijs / Imperium felix s tatui; mox strennua conjux / Auxit; at ignavum perdidit inde genus. //”.
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