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Artist/Maker(s): Bernaert van Orley (Netherlandish, about 1488 - 1541)
Culture: Flemish
Date: about 1528 - 1530
Medium: Pen and brown ink, watercolor over touches of black chalk
Dimensions: 34.9 x 49.1 cm (13 3/4 x 19 5/16 in.)
Inscriptions: Secondary Inscription: In the cartouche at the top, inscribed in pen and brown ink Johannes comes de Nasson. ex Maria uxore comitis de Loen filia inter ceteros genitos/ Liberos Engelbertum hominem animosum et virtute preclarum (cui uxor Marchionissa/ quedam de baden) genuit homo benignus multisque egregiis in factis visus/ sepultus in breda apud minores.” (Johann, count of Nassau, had from his wife Maria, daughter of the count of Leon -- among many other children, Engelberd, a man of courage and outstanding virtue (whose wife was formerly Marchioness of Baden. He was a kind man, known for many and excellent deeds. He is buried in the Franciscan church at Breda). In the left most section of the swag, inscribed in french, in brown ink, instructions for the execution of the arms.
Alternate Title(s): Johan IV van Nassau and His Wife Maria van Loon-Heinsberg (Display Title)
SKU: 200535
