Antique print, etching | Prins Maurits opgenomen als ridder in de Engelse Orde van de Kousenband; Prince Maurice of Orange appointed to the Order of the Garter, 1613, published between 1613 and 1651.

Anonymous, after Simon Frisius (1580-1629)

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The investiture of Maurice with the Order of the Garter on the 4th of February 1613. In the main hall of the Binnenhof in The Hague, a herald puts the garter on Maurits in the presence of the English ambassador, Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, the members of the States General and many other guests.Smaller plate after the broader original by Frisius, published in 1613. The text below explains the lettering in the print.Used as plate in vol. 2 of Isaac Commelin's "Wilhelm en Maurits van Nassau, Princen van Orangien.", published by Jan Jansz. in 1651. Etching on paper, plate mark: 282 x 380 mm, total: 285 x 405 mm; printed on two sheets of paper, joined in the middle, on the verso; vertical crease and a further crease at bottom, above the text line; three rims of the margins show the coloring of the edges of the book from which this plat. After a print by Simon Frisius (Muller 1289). Seller Inventory # 66164

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