[Effigies imperatorum domus Austriacæ, ducum Burgundiæ, regum principumque Europæ, comitum Nassauiæ ... a Pietro Soutmanno Harlemensi, pittore ..., collectæ, delineatæ, eiusque sumptibus ac directione ... incisæ, et excusæ
Harlemi apud Hollandos: P. Soutman invenit, effigiavit et excud. cum privil.,, 1644.]
Physical Description
[ [2], XIII, [1], 13, [21] leaves;] mm.
General Note
The collation, and description, given here are speculative, as the Royal Academy's holding is of ten pl. without any title page or text.
Responsibility Note
The dedication-plate is signed as drawn and printed ('effigiavit et excud.') by P. Soutman.
The nine portraits are all signed, 'P. Soutman inven. effigiavit et excud. Cum privil.', and by the name of the engraver - P. v. Somp or I. Suiderhoef. The last three are also signed as painted by G. Hondthorst.
The set is dedicated by P. Soutman to Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange, Count Nassau.
References
S. Wussin, Jonas Suyderhoef (1861).
Summary Note
The Academy's holding consists of nine unnumbered portraits signed as printed by P. Soutman, preceded by a dedication plate by P. Soutman, but with no title-page, publication-date or indication from where they may be taken. They are perhaps from one of Soutman's two series of portraits - Effigies Imperatorum domus Austriacæ (1644) or Ferdinandus IIus et IIIus imperatorum domus Austriacae ... Comites Nassoviae (1643). The dedication plate reads: 'Celsissimo Principi Frederico Henrico Principi Arausionensium, Comiti Nassauio, Foederatorum Belgarum Gubernatori, Et Utriusque Eorumdum Militiæ Imperatori Pio, Felici, Invicto, Domi, Militiæque Laudatissimos Maiores Suos Præsertim Guilielmum Patrem, Et Mauritiû Fratrem Augustissimæ Reip. Duces, Iconibus Hisce Expressos Dedicat Petrus Soutman.'
The nine portraits, as the dedication states, show the ancestors, father and brother of Prince Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange, Count Nassau. Each is captioned in Latin, as follows: Adolphus nassavius, Rom. Imperator; Renatus Nassavius, De Chalon Princeps Auriacus; Henricus Comes nassavius; Guilielmus Nassavius, Princeps Auriacus; Philippus Nassavius, Princeps Auriacus; Mauritius Nassavius, Princeps Auriacus; Fr. Henricus Nassavius, Princeps Auriacus; Amelia De Solms Princ. Auriaca; Guilielmus Nassavius, Nat. Princeps Auriacus.
Binding Note
19th-century half calf, brown cloth-covered boards; spine lettered 'Effigies Soutman'.