Maria Caroli I[mi] filia unica (Mary of Burgundy)

Print

Purdue University Galleries

Name/Title

Maria Caroli I[mi] filia unica (Mary of Burgundy)

Entry/Object ID

2021.05.18

Description

Bust portrait of a woman wearing a hood and a cross necklace. Set in a circular border with latin inscription at bottom.

Type of Print

Engraving, Etching

Artwork Details

Medium

ink, Paper

Subject Person

Mary of Burgundy

Acquisition

Accession

2021.05

Source or Donor

Art Museum of Greater Lafayette

Acquisition Method

Gift

Source (if not Accessioned)

Art Museum of Greater Lafayette

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Cornelius Visscher

Role

Print Maker

Artist

Rogier van Brugghe

Attribution

After

Role

Painter

Date made

1650

Place

Country

The Netherlands

Continent

Europe

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Location

top center

Transcription

XXXII

Language

Latin

Translation

Material/Technique

Engraved

Type

Inscription

Location

center below portrait oval

Transcription

MARIA CAROLI I(MI) FILIA VNICA, COMES XXXII (DA), NVPSIT MAXIMILANO ARCHIDVCI AVSTRIAE, FREDERICI III (TH) IMPERATORIS OPT. MAX. FILIO. EX QVO CONIVGIO PHILIPPVS AVSTRIAE. MARIA INFELICI EX EQVO CASV AFFLICTA OBIT A(O). MCCCCLXXXII. SEPVLTA BRVGIS.

Language

Latin

Translation

Mary Caroline daughter of Charles, Count XXXII, wife of Maximilian Archduke of Austria, son of Holy Roman Emperor Frederick III. Philip of Austria from the marriage. Mary was grievously injured by her horse Died. 1482. Buried Burges.

Type

Inscription

Location

lower left

Transcription

Rogier van Brugghe pinx.

Language

Latin

Translation

Roger of Bruges painted

Material/Technique

Engraved

Type

Inscription

Location

lower left

Transcription

Dum jacet & fama Mavors fpoliatus & armis, Idaliae juffu bella Cupido movet. Hujus confilio Caefar, Gallufque, Mariam Vxorem nato quaerit uterque fuo.

Language

Latin

Translation

While the fame of Mauorus lies, stripped of his arms, At the command of Ideal, Cupid moves the wars. His son Caesar, the French, and Mary Both of them seek a wife after his birth.

Material/Technique

Engraved

Type

Inscription

Location

lower right

Transcription

Patira flat judex: hac victor judice Caefar Junget eam thalamo Maxiliane tou. Felices ambo: nifi, quae difrumpere Gallus Foedera non pteerat, morte foluta forent.

Language

Latin

Translation

The judge stands at Patira: Caesar is the heir of this conqueror She also joins to the chamber of Maximilian. Both were happy, except that the French broke. He could not make promises, they were be dissolved by death.

Material/Technique

Engraved

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Height

16 in

Width

11-3/4 in

Color

Black, White

Provenance

Notes

Anonymous gift to the Art Museum of Greater Lafayette in 1981 {1}; donated to Purdue Galleries in 2021 {1} 1981.12

Copyright

Type of License

None

Copyright Holder

Purdue University Galleries

Restrictions

In the public domain.

Exhibition

Legacy of Gifting: Donations from the Lafayette Art Museum (2023)

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

Exhibition label

Label

Cornelius Visscher (1629-1658), Dutch after Rogier van Brugghe (n.d.), Dutch Mary of Burgundy, 1650 Ink on paper engraving 2021.05.18 Mary of Burgundy (1457-1482) was a noblewoman known as the mother of the Hapsburg Empire. In the 15th century, the wealthy region of Burgundy was controlled by a ducal family in what is now eastern France including present day Belgium and the Netherlands. She was an only child and therefore a wealthy heiress. Before his death, her father arranged for her marriage to the Hapsburg Archduke Maximilian of Austria (1459-1519). This image is from a 17th century book of portraits of the rulers of Holland, Zeeland, and West-Frisia. It is interesting to note that the coat of arms is from before her marriage. The Dutch had won independence from the Hapsburg Empire just two years before this book was published following eighty years of bloody conflict.