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Frederick Leopold III

Dominicus Custos

Frederick Leopold III

1579-1611

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Dominicus Custos

Frederick Leopold III

1579-1611

Physical Qualities Engraving, Sheet: 175 × 130 mm. (6 7/8 × 5 1/8 in.)
Credit Line Garrett Collection
Object Number 1984.81.4540
Possibly by Dominicus Custos (1560-1612), from his series Atrium Heroicum

Inscribed: Recto: in plate: "FRIDERICVS V LEOPOLDI III FIL"; beneath portrait: "QVIESCIT IN SVBLIMI"; below image: "Semper palma virens sub pondere pressa resurgit / Pressa viget semper sic reviretq Fides / Chara fides Superis vita lux alma beatæ / Morte semel virta nescia sola mori"

Markings: CM: Claghorn

Artist

Dominicus Custos

Netherlandish, active in Germany, c. 1550-1612
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