Jacob de Gheyn

Signed by the artist on the Orange-Nassau coat of arms at upper right, in point of brush, "IDGeyn fecit Anno 1623". Numbered on verso, in graphite, "1552". Inscribed on old mount, at lower edge, in an old hand, in black ink, "Portret van Prins Maúrits van Nassaú/ Door Delsius: del."; at lower edge, in another hand, in graphite, "No ["o" in superscript] 16. Delph". Pasted on the verso of same old mount are two clippings from old sale catalogues: (1) "een uitmuntend fraai met O.I. Inkt geteekend Portrait van Maurits Prince van Orange Nassau in Vorstelijk gewaad met ongedekt hoofd bij een Tafel staande waarop een hoed met een vederbos "door P. Delft"; (2) "MAURICE DE NASSAU (Le Prince) Description et Representation de toutes ses Victoires tant par eau que par terre, with portrait and numerous views, maps, and plans of battles and sieges, folio, fine copy, russia extra, gilt and marbled edges, from Heber's library, RARE, £ 1.4 Leyden, 1612". Numbered above first clipping, in graphite, "2108"; at upper right corner, "21 Wo". Inscribed on verso of old mount, in graphite, at upper center, "N. 176"; at lower left, No. ["o" in superscript] 159. Delft / (Woodburn's Sale June 1854.)"; at lower right, in another hand, "Portrait of Prince Mauritz of Nassau"; below, in hand of Van Regteren Altena, "(is it from Mirevelt's picture which Delft engraved?)".