Portret van Filips II, koning van Spanje, Niccolò Nelli, 1569

Title(s)

Portret van Filips II, koning van Spanje
Philippus D.G. Hisp. Sicil. Neap. etc. Rex Archidux Austriæ etc. (title on object)
Portretten van vorsten en andere illustere figuren (series title)
Imagines Quorundam Principum et Illustrium Virorum (series title)

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-1904-1455

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Description

Een portret van Filips II met de ordeketen van het Gulden Vlies, in een nis omgeven door maniëristische siermotieven met saters en engelen.

Artist

• print maker: Niccolò Nelli (mentioned on object)

Place

Venice

Dating

1567 and/or 1569

Material

• paper

Technique

engraving / etching

Measurements

height 173 mm × width 131 mm

What

• historical persons
• ruler, sovereign
• ornament derived from architectural details
• ornament ~ hybrid beings; human and animal forms mixed - AA - stylized
• satyr(s) (in general)
• angels singing, making music
• knighthood order of the Golden Fleece - insignia of a knighthood order, e.g.: badge, chain (with NAME of order)

Who

• Philip II of Spain

Acquisition

purchase 10-May-1904

Copyright

Public domain

• Grafica d'arte : rivista di storia dell'incisione antica e moderna e storia del disegno, dl. 31, p. 10-11, cat.nr. 18