Henricus dei gra[tia] rex Anglie [graphic] / CM [monogram].
1548
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Digital image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library ART 252- 711
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Title
Henricus dei gra[tia] rex Anglie [graphic] / CM [monogram].
Variant title
Hollstein title: Henry VIII, King of England
Created/published
[Antwerp?] : [s.n.], 1548.
Description
1 print : etching and engraving ; image 171 x 132 mm
Associated name
Metsys, Cornelis, approximately 1510- printmaker.
Material base
paper
Summary
Half-length portrait of King Henry VIII.
Note
Monogram of Metsys is in upper right above image, and in mirror-image reverse with the date 1544 in upper right within image.
Coat of arms above Henry's right shoulder, reads "Hony soyt qui mal y pe[n]se" (with "hony soyt" in mirror-image reverse).
Cited in: Hollstein 170.II; O'D 33; Bartsch IX.116.58.
Coat of arms above Henry's right shoulder, reads "Hony soyt qui mal y pe[n]se" (with "hony soyt" in mirror-image reverse).
Cited in: Hollstein 170.II; O'D 33; Bartsch IX.116.58.
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2010. Vivat Rex! (catalog entry 134)
Cited/described in
Hollstein, F.W.H. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings, and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700, Vol. XI, p. 210, no. 170
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Digital image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library ART 252- 711
Place of creation/publication
Belgium -- Antwerp.
Item Details
Call number
ART 252- 711 (size S)
Folger-specific note
Trimmed just within the plate mark, except at the top where the blank area has also been trimmed. Acquired in honor of Laura Hull Cofield in honor of 30 years of employment at the Folger Shakespeare Library.
Folger accession
252711