Portrait of Ludwig VI of Hessen-Darmstadt
Maker
(artist)
ca. 1613-ca. 1666 (Life dates)
(engraver)
1625-1670
ca. 1613-ca. 1666 (Life dates)
(engraver)
1625-1670
Title
Portrait of Ludwig VI of Hessen-Darmstadt
Date of Production
1662
Medium
Dimensions
Height: 30.7 cm
Width: 18.2 cm
Width: 18.2 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.3241
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 left corner within image, black ink: "46"; lower centre edge within image, black ink: "Salomon Duarte pin. // Iohannes Schweizer sculp."; lower centre edge, black ink: "Hic tuus ex voto est LUDOVICUS, o HASSIA! PRINCEPS, // SIDEREAM MENTEM qui IOVE NATUS habet // Pacis amans, NUMENque colens, et lumine PHOEBUS; // MARTIS et in placido pectore robur alit. // Nempe DEUM SOBOLES, Virtutibg incluta, dotes // Non alias AEQVA promere MENTE potest. // Ioh. Tackig D.". Mount, Recto: lower centre edge, black print: "Salomon DUARTE"; lower centre edge, black ink: "951/71(7) // 213".
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