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Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor

Dominicus Custos

Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor

1601-1603

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Dominicus Custos

Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor

1601-1603

Physical Qualities Engraving, Sheet: 170 × 120 mm. (6 11/16 × 4 3/4 in.)
Credit Line Garrett Collection
Object Number 1984.81.4535
From the Atrium Heroicum. This portrait series was published in four parts in Augsburg between 1600 and 1604; for comment see BM 1873,0510.2788

Inscribed: recto: in oval around portrait: "Ferdinand D.G. Roman Imp Semper A.V.G."; direcly below portrait: "Christo Dvce"; at bottom: "Par animo, morum par integritate fuisti / Materno par ut nomine, prorsus auo"

Markings: CM: Claghorn

Artist

Dominicus Custos

1549–1611

Netherlandish, active in Germany, c. 1550-1612
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