Maurice's portrait is encased in an oval braided laurel wreath held by an allegorical figure seated between two columns, holding a snake, mirror and command staff. A battle can be seen in the background. This is a print from a series of seven portraits of historical figures.
| Artist |
Gerard Valck
RKD
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Adriaen van der Werff
RKD
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| Title | Portrait of Maurice, Prince of Orange |
| Period |
17th century
18th century |
| Medium and support | burin engraving AAT |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | inscription outside the depiction, centre below: maursce, (spatie) Prince d'Orange |
| inscription outside the depiction, below: Mon pere massacré, tout était en alarme/ Lorsque je pris sa place, et marchai sur ses pas: | |
| inscription outside the depiction, below: Du furrieux Duc d'Albe il arréta le bras,/ Et j'arrétai celui du sage du sage Duc de Parme. | |
| inscription outside the depiction, bottom left: Adrn. vander Werff pinx. | |
| inscription bottom right, outside the depiction: G. Valck sculps. | |
| inscription on the reverse: E [?] | |
| inscription on the back, bottom right: 30/ 2075 [?] | |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type |
burin engraving
AAT
reproductive prints AAT |
| Inventory number | 2013-QB |
| Acquisition credit | unknown |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2013-QB |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/8525/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300189808
figures (representations)
AAT
300015637 portraits AAT 300055866 allegory (artistic device) AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
25F42
snakes
Iconclass
26A clouds Iconclass 31A71 male sex; man Iconclass 31A72 female sex; woman Iconclass 31AA235 sitting figure - AA - female human figure Iconclass 31D14 adult man Iconclass 44B15121 prince Iconclass 45C22 armour Iconclass 48(+431) art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass 61B2(MAURICE OF ORANGE) historical person (MAURICE OF ORANGE) Iconclass |
| School / Style | Rococo AAT |
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