Portrait of Bartholomeus Spranger and His Wife, Christina Muller
Artist
Aegidius Sadeler II(Flemish, c. 1570–1629)Flemish, c. 1570–1629
Artistpossibly after
Bartholomaeus Spranger (Flemish, 1546–1611)Flemish, 1546–1611
CultureFlemish
Titles
- Portrait of Bartholomeus Spranger and His Wife, Christina Muller
Date1600
MediumEngraving
DimensionsPlate or block: 11 1/2 × 16 1/8 in. (29.2 × 41 cm)
Frame: 21 1/8 x 25 1/8 in. (53.7 x 63.8 cm)
Frame: 21 1/8 x 25 1/8 in. (53.7 x 63.8 cm)
Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston
Object numberBF.1999.22
Non exposé
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Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscriptions: on banderole at upper left: VIVIT NVMINE ET NOMINE; on plaque above oval frame: MORS INIQVA, QVID TANTVM / DECVS RAPIS. PIETAS AEQVA, / QVAE ET MORTVAM SERVAS; in oval frame: CHRISTINA MVLLLERINA VXOR B. SPRANGER; on plaque below oval frame: ANIMVS MARITI / ANIMAM TVAM / SEQVITVR NONDV[M] / ASSEQVITVR. ET / LIGET SECVM SVA / ABIICIAT: TE NON / RECOLLIGIT; on plinth at lower left: QVIT ANTE DIEM VVLTIS. TE / TEMPVS VETAT OCCIDERE. TE / ARTES VOLV[N]T CLARAE CLARIOREM; below image: Priuatas lacrymas Bart. Sprangeri Egid. Sadeler miratus artem & amantem redamans, publicas fecit: et / eidem promutua beneuolentia dedicauit. Pragae Anno Seculari. Marco Sadeler excudit; in manuscript at lower right: 181
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