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Maximilien de Béthune, 1st Duke of Sully (b. 1560 - d. 1641)

(Netherlandish, 1571–1631)
(Flemish, active about 1594–about 1613)
(French, about 1592–about 1660)
1614
Medium/TechniqueEngraving
DimensionsSheet: 36 × 26.1 cm (14 3/16 × 10 1/4 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Washington Irving Jenkins
Accession numberM26806
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ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsInscribed plate, in lower margin: lower left: Toy qui dans ce tableau, le visage contemple/Du grand Duc de Sully, seache & ne doubte point/Que sa fidelité ne trouue point d'exemple,/& que son e'esprit meit la france au plus saut point; lower right: Apprel tant de beaux faictz et tantde bons sevices/Que tu feis a la france, et dont elle a le fruiet/Te peut elle oublier non obstant les eclipses/& les brouillands du temps, le Soleil touiours luit Inscribed in plate, below above, lower left: Paul.es de la Houve excudebat. 1614.; lower center: Du Boys pinxit.; lower right: Avec Priuilege du Roy.
ProvenanceWashington Irving Jenkins (b. 1848 - d. 1917; Lugt 4831), Clinton, MA; August 1, 1917, his bequest to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 1, 1917)