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Original fileThis engraving features a man with a neatly trimmed beard wearing a stiff, elaborate ruff collar and a doublet adorned with braided toggle closures. He is positioned within an oval border containing a Latin inscription, rendered with the precise line work characteristic of the Dutch Mannerist style. The subject gazes directly toward the viewer with a neutral, composed expression.
E R Z A C H G O D G O T HGoltzius fecit, 1582
Translation
The text in the border is a cypher or personal motto that does not translate into standard Latin; it remains an unresolved orthographic puzzle possibly related to the sitter's identity or heraldry. Hendrick Goltzius made this, 1582
Object
Engraving
portrait
Digital Source
Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
Image: http://collections.lacma.org/sites/default/files/remote_images/piction/ma-31883610-O3.jpg Gallery: http://collections.lacma.org/node/171101 archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Public domain
653 × 850 px
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July 19, 2013
March 23, 2026
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