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Portrait of Bernaert van Orley

Maker

(artist)
born ca. 1488 - 1492, died ca. 1541 or 1542 (Life dates)

(engraver)

(engraver)
1553-1619

(publisher)
1571-1633

After
(artist)
1471-1528

Title

Portrait of Bernaert van Orley

Date of Production

1572

Medium

medium : material : ink & support : material : paper

Dimensions

Height: 19.8 cm
Width: 12.1 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.2952.6

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: upper centre edge within image, black ink: "Floruit Bruxellis anno 1530. // /6/"; lower right corner within image, black ink (faded): "... excud."; lower centre, black ink: "6 BERn. ORLEIO, BRVXELLENSI PICTORI. // Aulica quod sese Bernardo iactet alumno // Bruxella, Attalicas doctiSima pingere vestes; // Non tam pictoris, si quis me iudice certet, // Arti debetur, quanquam debetur et arti; // Quam tibi quod carus, Belgarum Margari rectrix, // Dum tibi Apellea nihil est iucundus arte, // Aurea peniculis te dante manubria, et aureos // Saepe tulit, cusum paulo ante numisma, Philippos."; lower left corner, black ink: "Th. Galle excud."

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