Thomas de Leu
Henry II
1589
Scroll
Thomas de Leu
Henry II
1589
Physical Qualities
Engraving with hand coloring, Image: 124 × 99 mm. (4 7/8 × 3 7/8 in.)
Sheet: 151 × 100 mm. (5 15/16 × 3 15/16 in.)
Mount: 273 × 202 mm. (10 3/4 × 7 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Blanche Adler Memorial Fund
Object Number
2000.3
Mount inscribed in brown ink in French, on verso begins: 'Henri 2.e, 59.e Roy de France [...]'
Dr. Peter Fuhring
Linzeler, André, Bibliothèque nationale, Département des Estampes, Inventaire du fonds français: Graveurs du XVIe siècle, tome 1, Paris: Bibliothèque nationale, 1932, p. 519, no. 304.
Signed: 1
Inscribed: RECTO: In pl., on frame: 'HENRI SECOND ROY DE FRANCE'; BC in pl.; 'Peintre si tu veux faire encor plus naturelle / La face de ce Roy d'un chacun tant aymé, / Au coeur de ses subiects recherche le modelle, / Et soudain ton tableau tu verras animé'.; LwrC on bottom of frame (written in black ink): '59'.
Markings: none - indeterminate
