Portrait of Marquard Freher, aged forty-nine
Prague: 1618. Engraving on hand made laid paper, 8 1/2 x 5 7/8 inches (210 x 148 mm), thread margins. An approximately 1-inch vertical repaired tear extends into the image area at the top center sheet edge. Adhered to archival paper at the center of the top sheet edge, and at the top and bottom left corners, with an associated dog-eared lower left corner. Condition issues are consistent with age. A superb impression with rich, dark inking and all of the fine lines printing clearly. An impression of this work may be viewed in the permanent collection of the British Museum, registration no. O,2.54.
[Hollstein 291].
In the upper left corner of the portriat is a fancy heraldic coat of arms with two feathered talons and a Burgonet helmet, on the right is an ovoid tableau with the sun and moon shining above a group of soldiers, bearing the enigmatic latin phrase "Non mihi verum alies" (I do not know the truth of others). The inscription in Latin above and below the portrait reads: "V. Illvst. Marqvardvs Frehervs, patr. Avg. Vind. IC. Sereniss. Viiviro Com. Palat. a Cons. et Dicasteri Elector. Proivdex." and "[died] III.Eid.Mai. Ann. CIC.IC.CXIV. ætat.XLIX.". The work is inscribed and signed in Latin in lower margin, first four lines by German jurist Georg Remus, followed by three lines of dedication to Paul Freher: "Dona Hominvm ... / ... velvt ætherivs Sol. / Georg Remus IC. facieb." and "V. Nob. et Clariss. Dn. Pavlo Frehero ... / ... Sac. Cæs. Maiest. / glyptes Ægidius Sadeler Pragæ Ao. MDCXVIII."
Item number: 510
Price: $2,800.00
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