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Portrait of Tobias Matthews, Archbishop of York

Maker

H. Holland (artist)
active 17th century (Life dates)

(printmaker)
before 1570-after 1630 (Life dates)

Title

Portrait of Tobias Matthews, Archbishop of York

Medium

Ink on paper

Dimensions

Height: 20.1 cm
Width: 13.9 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.4491

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

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Provenance

previous owner : Witt, Robert (Sir)

Inscriptions

Inscription: inscription : printed : within image & recto : around oval frame : REVERENDISS. DNS. TOBIAS ARCHIEPISCOPUS EBORACENSIS. ET ANGLIAE PRIMA / VITA CHRISTUS MORS LUCRV/ AET 78 / 1624 //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower centre margin & recto : : Exerit Hic Sanctos, viva sub imagine vultus / Ecce Senex[colon] Vtinam fas fit et inde loqui [colon] / Qui dum Telus iners Boreali friget in Orbe; / Emicuit gelidis flamma corufca plagis[colon] / Christiadae naurae, Mundi qui fluctuat vindis / Erranti et dubio Stellae Polaris adest. / Duplex cum Tibist Sanctorum Nomen[colon] Utru / In vitam pariter convenit, Alme, tuam. //

Inscription: inscription : stamped : upper right margin & recto : later Witt inscription : WITT / LIBRARY //

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