Portret van Charlotte de Bourbon

The Princess is shown in half-length, wearing a high ruff and jeweled dress, with her hand resting on a small book. The elaborate Mannerist border contains four corner vignettes representing the classical elements—Earth, Water, Air, and Fire—each featuring a Latin motto and figures interacting with the natural world. The top of the composition includes a coat of arms and the Hebrew Tetragrammaton shining within the clouds of the first two elemental scenes.

This print by Hendrick Goltzius exemplifies Haarlem Mannerism's interest in integrating human portraiture with the macrocosm through the four elements. The use of the 'Aurora' (Dawn) motto and the Tetragrammaton reflects a synthesis of political loyalty and the late Renaissance philosophical preoccupation with divine light and providential order.