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Original fileThe Count stands in formal noble attire, wearing a fur-lined robe and a distinctive tall hat adorned with a brooch. He holds a large sword in his right hand and a shield featuring the rampant lion of Holland in his left. The portrait is set within a printed book page, accompanied by biographical text in Dutch Gothic script.
so gheweldighen Heyrkracht belept/ dat zy teghen haar danck van opgheven mosten spreken / dies zy Herebert haer Bisschop in zijn Bisschoplücke kleedinghe ende alle de Gheestelickheyt/ met kruyzen met vanē aen hem zenden. Waar door de ghoedatrdighe Prince beweeght zijnde nam Graef Otto alleen weder tot hem/ ende verlost de blote krÿghs lup van beleg ende straf. Hy reysde int Jaer 1138 upt devotien te Jerusalem ende des s'taars daar na als hy op wederkoomste was trock hy na Rome / ende verwurv voor Egmont ende Reyn- burgh (vermaerde Kloosteren in Hollandt) groote Privilegien. Vijf ende twintigh iarē daar na naments- licke t'jaer 1163 is hy den 7. Augusti deze wereldt overleden ende zijn Lichaem wer- de met grote rou ende uytvaert t'Egmondt inde Aarde gbezet. iaar 1163 De X. Graeff reg-27 iare. Floris de derde een zone van Graef Dirck de zeste wan by Ada Koning Henrick van Schotlandts Dochter zijn Huysvrouw Graef dirck zijn erfgenaem. Willem Heere van Westvries- lant/ Floris domproost van Utrecht/ Bea- tris/ Lijsbeth/ Alijt/ en Margriet diē de Her- oghe van Cleef trouwde. De Westvriezen die Alcmaer quamē aen handt steken ende nu in Kennemerlandt on- trent drie iaren de pype ghestelt haddē heeft hy ten laetsten bedwonghen ende tonder- B iii. braght
Translation
so great military force beset / that they against their will had to speak of surrendering / wherefore they sent to him Herebert their Bishop in his episcopal vestments and all the clergy / with crosses and with banners. By which the good-natured Prince being moved took Count Otto alone back to him / and released the mere soldiers from siege and punishment. He traveled in the year 1138 out of devotion to Jerusalem and a year thereafter when he was on his return journey he went to Rome / and obtained for Egmond and Rhyn- burgh (renowned Monasteries in Holland) great Privileges. Twenty-five years thereafter namely the year 1163 he departed this world on the 7th of August and his body was with great mourning and funeral rites buried in the earth at Egmond. year 1163 The 10th Count ruled 27 years. Floris the third a son of Count Dirck the sixth had by Ada daughter of King Henry of Scotland his wife, Count Dirck his heir. Willem Lord of West Fries- land / Floris provost of Utrecht / Bea- tris / Lijsbeth / Alijt / and Margriet whom the Duke of Cleves married. The West Frisians who came to set fire to Alcmaer and had now for about three years piped the tune in Kennemerland he finally subdued and brought under.
Michael Vosmeer
This print is part of Vosmeer's 'Principes Hollandiae et Zelandiae', a series of portraits of the Dutch nobility engraved by Goltzius.
Hendrick Goltzius
The artist is a central figure in Haarlem Mannerism and frequently produced works with complex alchemical and mythological themes.
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
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height 135 mm x width 85 mm
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