Name: Antique Print-FRANCOIS DE VALOIS-DUKE OF ANJOU-PORTRAIT-de Groot-1681
SKU: PICTURA-13157
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Antique Print-FRANCOIS DE VALOIS-DUKE OF ANJOU-PORTRAIT-de Groot-1681

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‘FRANCOIS VAN VALOIS, HARTOGH VAN ANJOU, BRABANT EN LOTRYK, GRAEF VAN VLAENDEREN ETC.’

– Portrait of Francois de Valois (1555-1584), Duke of Anjou, Brabant, and Lothier, and Count of Flanders. Also known as Francois, Duke of Anjou and Alencon, he was the youngest son of King Henry II of France and Catherine de’ Medici, and brother to King Henry III.

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Description

Medium: Engraving/etching on hand laid (verge) paper. Watermark: small coat of arrms (present on some sheets).

Sheet size: 20 x 30.5 cm (7.87 x 12.01 inch). Image size: 17.5 x 26 cm. (6.89 x 10.24 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Paper partly browned mostly edges. Small tear in left paper edge. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

FRANCOIS DE VALOIS-DUKE OF ANJOU-PORTRAIT | BOX-DEGROOT-LECLERC

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

From Hugo de Groot’s ‘Nederlandtsche Jaerboeken en Historien,’ published in 1681 by Joannes van Someren and others in Amsterdam. These portraits are also to be found in othert sources and editions : P.C. Hooft, Bor, or Jean Le Clerc. Published between 1670 and 1730.

Biography engraver: Engraver unknown/to be determined.

Biography artist: Hugo Grotius (1583- 1645), also known as Huig de Groot, Hugo Grocio or Hugo de Groot, was a jurist in the Dutch Republic. With Francisco de Vitoria and Alberico Gentili he laid the foundations for international law, based on natural law. He was also a philosopher, theologian, Christian apologist, playwright, and poet.