Object data
linen
height 208 cm × width 330 cm
anonymous
Fragment of a Ship Flag
Spain, 1570 - 1630
Inscriptions
- inscription, on the scroll: PLVS VLT[RA]
Provenance
...; transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1889
Object number: NG-MC-1889-83-5
Copyright: Public domain
Entry
Fragment of a ship flag, upper right-hand corner, painted on one side. In the middle is a crowned coat of arms (probably of Leon and Castille) with the chain of the Order of the Golden Fleece on a ragged red cross. To the fly is a Corinthian pillar surrounded by a scroll with the inscription.
This flag probably bears the emblems of the Albert VII, Archduke of Austria and Archduchess Isabella Clara Eugenia of the Southern Netherlands (r. 1598-1621).
Literature
M. van den Brandhof, Vlaggen, vaandels en standaarden van het Rijksmuseum. Een geïllustreerde catalogus, Amsterdam 1977, no. 109
Citation
J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Fragment of a Ship Flag, Spain, 1570 - 1630', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.245325
(accessed 5 October 2024 19:47:01).