Johann von Henneberg, Prince-Abbot of Fulda
Hans Brosamer
(German, about 1500–1552)
1541
Medium/TechniqueEngraving
Credit LineHarvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession numberP2677
ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsIn plate, at upper center: Aetatis XXXVIII
In plate, at right: 1541 / HB
In plate, in tablet below portrait:
Siste gradum lector si quae hec sit nescis imago
Quae tibi praesenti conspicienda datur.
Principis extincti facies reverenda Ioannis
Tam formosa decens, ac sine labe fuit
Intima si licitum tibi corda videre fuisset
Quod fuerint dices commaculata minus
Nobile huic nomen stirps Hennebergia clara
Ac titulum abbatis Bucchica Fulda dabat
Principis ergo pii faciem quicunq[ue] videbis
Molliter extinctus dic requiescat AmenProvenanceHenry Foster Sewall (b. 1816 - d. 1896; Lugt 1309), New York; 1896, by inheritance to his son, Charles Sewall (b. 1848 - d. 1898); 1897, sold by Charles Sewall to the MFA [see note]. (Accession Date: October 21, 1897)
NOTE: Henry F. Sewall offered his collection to the MFA for purchase in 1888. That purchase was finalized in 1897, one year after his death.
