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Original fileThe figure stands in a proud posture, wearing a feathered hat and elaborate plate armor partially covered by a fringed cloak. He rests his right hand on the hilt of a massive longsword while his left arm supports a shield displaying a rampant lion. The print is presented alongside a Dutch biographical text detailing his military victories and the restoration of his lands.
t’jaar 1075 De vij. Graef reg. 15 iare Dirck de vijfste een zone van Graeff Floris als hy nade doodt van Gouert metten bult die van Vtrecht by Iselmonde verwonnen / ende Coenraedt haren Bisschop opt Slot van Iselmont ghevangen hadde heeft door toe- doen van zijn Stiefvader ende ander vro- mer helten / zijnde met zijnder Ondersaten goede gunste ghesterekt de Landen die hem in zijn tedere jongheydt ontweldight waren lichtelijcken weder ghekregen en beseten.
Translation
In the year 1075 the 7th Count reigned 15 years Dirck the Fifth, a son of Count Floris, when after the death of Godfrey the Hunchback, whom he had conquered near IJsselmonde / and had captured Conrad their Bishop at the Castle of IJsselmonde, had, through the assistance of his stepfather and other valiant heroes / and being supported by the good favor of his subjects, easily recovered and possessed the lands that had been wrested from him in his tender youth.
Object
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
paper
height 135 mm x width 85 mm
portrait
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