Jonas Suyderhoef & Pieter Soutman

Imperator Fredericus III (Emperor Frederick III, Frederick the Fair)

Jonas Suyderhoef's and Pieter Soutman's original etching and engraving depicts a portrait of Imperator Fredericus III (Emperor Frederick III), also known as Frederick the Fair (der Schone). It hails from a set of thirteen portraits entitled, "Effigies imperatorum domus Austriacae", depicting German/Austrian Emperors with a lineage to the House of Habsburg published in Haarlem in 1644. Each of these large seventeenth century portraits was set within a highly ornate border which was etched by Pieter Claesz Soutman. As well, Pieter Soutman designed the entire images and published them. The engravers of the portraits were Jonas Suyderhoef (2) and Pieter van Sompel (11).

This impression of Emperor Frederick III is from the first published state of four. Only first state impressions bear the date, '1644', which is seen to the lower right. Here, the artist, Jonas Suyderhoef depicts a bust portrait of Fredericus III (Frederick the Fair) facing slightly right. He is wearing his Royal costume, a brocade cape and a jeweled crown over his showlder length hair. The portrait is surrounded by Pieter Soutman's large and richly ornate oval border decorated with cherubs delightfully vie for space with the imperial eagles in the upper right and left margins, an armoured horse in the lower right, helmets, spears, shields, swords and other articles of war. The Latin inscription under this superb portrait reads; "Fredericus III. Alberti I Fil. Rodolphi I Nep. Patri Successori Henrico VII Succedens Imperator. Electo Simul Consobrino Suo Ludovico Bavaro, MCCCXV, Superatis Tandem Tricis, MCCCXXV, CVM ILLO CERTIS, Conditionbus Imperio Praeest, Obit MCCCXXX. 'P. Soutman Inuenit Effigiauit et Excud. Cum Priul. I. Suyderhoef Sculp. 1644'". A loose translation to this text reads' (Frederick III. Son of Albert I. Grandson of Rudolph I. Succeded his father's successor, Emperor Henry VII. Elected at the same time as his cousin, Ludovic Bavaro (Louis of Bavaria), 1315, Finally Overcoming Diffiiculties in 1325, CVM, he ruled his Empire under certain conditions. Died, 1330). Today such institutions as the British Museum and National Portrait Gallery, London, the Deutsches Historisches Museum, Berlin, and the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco include various impressions from the "Effigies imperatorum domus Austriacae" in their permanent collections.

Original Etching & Engraving by the Dutch artists, Jonas Suyderhoef and Pieter Soutman.

Imperator Fredericus III (Emperor Frederick III, Frederick the Fair)

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(Effigies imperatorum domus Austriacae) German and Austrian Emperors with a lineage to the House of Habsburg
#	Image	Title & Artist	Medium	Date	Notes
01-		Emperor Albert I (Albertus I, Imperator) by Pieter van Sompel & Pieter Soutman	Original Etching & Engraving	1644 (Frederick de Wit Edition: c. 1660 - 1680)	K. G. Boon, Catalogue #14. Third State of Four
02.-		Emperor Charles V (Carolus V, Imperator) by Pieter van Sompel & Pieter Soutman	Original Etching & Engraving	1644 (Frederick de Wit Edition: c. 1660 - 1680)	K. G. Boon, Catalogue #15. Third State of Four.
03.-		Emperor Frederick III (Imperator Fredericus III, Frederick the Fair) by Jonas Suyderhoef & Pieter Soutman	Original Etching & Engraving	1644 (Pieter Claesz Soutman, First Edition)	K. G. Boon, Catalogue #50. First State of Four.
04.-		Emperor Maximilian I (Maximilianus I, Imperator) by Jonas Suyderhoef and Pieter Soutman	Original Etching & Engraving	1644 (Frederick de Wit Edition: c. 1660 - 1680)	K. G. Boon, Catalogue #21. Third State of Four.
05.-		Emperor, Maximilian II (Maximilianus II, Imperator) by Jonas Suyderhoef and Pieter Soutman	Original Etching & Engraving	1644 (Frederick de Wit Edition: c. 1660 - 1680)	K. G. Boon, Catalogue #22. Third State of Four
06.-		Emperor Rudolph I, Founder and Count of Habsburg (Rudolphus I, Nascitur Comes Habsburgicus) by Jonas Suyderhoef and Pieter Soutman	Original Etching & Engraving	1644 (Frederick de Wit Edition: c. 1660 - 1680)	K. G. Boon, Catalogue #23. Third State of Four.

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Title:	Imperator Fredericus III (Emperor Frederick III, Frederick the Fair)
Engraver:	Jonas Suyderhoef (Haarlem, 1613 - 1686)
Etcher:	Pieter Claesz Soutman (Haarlem, 1580 - 1657)
Designer:	Pieter Claesz Soutman (Haarlem, 1580 - 1657)
Publisher:	Pieter Claesz Soutman
Medium:	Original Etching & Engraving (First State of Four)
Date:	1644
Publisher:	Pieter Claesz Soutman
Source:	Effigies imperatorum domus Austriacae
Note:	Jonas Suyderhoef: For being one of Holland’s most renowned portrait engravers of the seventeenth century, surprisingly little is known of the actual life of Jonas Suyderhoef. It is known that he studied under Cornelius Visscher and apprenticed under the Dutch painter and engraver, Pieter Soutman. It is also recorded that Suyderhoef collaborated with Soutman on a number of designs, and that Soutman recognized at quite an early date that his former apprentice was a more accomplished engraver than he.
	Jonas Suyderhoef’s first dated engraving bears the year, 1641, while the last is inscribed, 1669. His complete graphic oeuvre runs to 138 engravings, some being group scenes and mythological representations. The majority, however, are portraits and on this Suyderhoef’s fame rests. His greatest portraits are those designed by Rubens, Soutman and Franz Hals. In fact, Hals, the great Haarlem portrait painter, worked almost exclusively with Suyderhoef. Suyderhoef revolutionized the art of the engraved portrait. Unlike his French contemporaries -- the line engravers, Nanteuil, Mellan and Masson -- Suyderhoef freely mixed etching with engraving, lending to his portraits more intimacy and freedom of line. As "Imperator Fredericus III" (Emperor Frederick III) clearly shows he was indeed a master of the first rank.
	During his career Jonas Suyderhoef engraved the portraits of such contemporaries as Charles I, King of England, Philip III, King of Spain, Maximilian, Archduke of Austria, and Rene Descartes.
	Arthur M. Hind writes, “Suyderhoef is one of the most expert of all interpreters of the character of a painter’s work in line. He is the engraver par excellence of Frans Hals, and in his prints the brilliant brushwork of the master seems to live again. He was a true pupil of Soutman, but quite surpassed his master and any of his master’s immediate following in the certainty and significance of his handling.” *
	Pieter Soutman 'Pieter Claesz Soutman': A Dutch painter, etcher, engraver and print publisher, Pieter Claesz Soutman moved to Antwerp around 1620 to study painting and engraving techniques under Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640). He was then employed by both the courts of Berlin and Warsaw to paint historical subjects and portraits. Soutman returned to Haarlem in 1628 and in the following years established a studio where he taught the techniques of the famous school of Rubens. Among his students were Jones Suyderhoef, Pieter van Sompel, Cornelius Visscher and Jan Timans.
	Many of Pieter Soutman's etchings and engravings are based upon the designs Rubens. Some, however, were both designed and etched or engraved by his hand. In his etching techniques Soutman aimed to keep his compositions both light and broad. This is clearly seen in his work for the ornamental border of "Imperator Fredericus III" (Emperor Frederick III) where cherubs delightfully vie for space with imperial eagles, an armoured horse, helmets, spears, shields, swords and other articles of war.
	For engraving the thirteen portraits of "Effigies imperatorum domus Austriacae", Pieter Soutman turned to two of his best apprentices, Jonas Suyderhoef (2) and Pieter van Sompel (11). Today such institutions as the British Museum and National Portrait Gallery, London, the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, the Deutsches Historisches Museum, Berlin, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco include various impressions from the "Effigies imperatorum domus Austriacae" in their permanent collections.
	Pieter Claesz Soutman entered the Guild of Haarlem in 1633.
	A Biographical Note: Frederick III (c. 1226- Gutenstein, Austria, Jan 13, 1330) is also known as Fredericus III, & Frederick the Fair (der Schone). He was an heir to the Royal House of Habsburg, the second son of the German King, Albert I, of the House of Habsburg (1255-1308), and Elizabeth of Carinthia, Queen of Germany, of the House of Meinhardin (c. 1262-1312), paternal grandson of Rudolph I, the first German King of the Habsburg Dynasty (1218-1291), and the paternal great grandson of Albert IV, Count of Habsburg (c.1188-1239). Frederick III married Isabella of Aragon, Queen of Germany, of the House of Aragon (1305-1330). After the early death of his elder brother, Rudolph III (Rudolf I of Bohemia) (c. 1281-1307), and the assassination of his father, Albert I in 1308, Frederick became the ruler of both the Austrian and Styrian duchies. The royal title, however, was passed by election to the Count of Luxembourg, who became King Henry VII (c. 1275-1313). The death of Henry VII led to two competing coronations. Frederick III was crowned as the German King in November 25, 1314. On the same day, but in a different city, Louis IV (1282-1347) , known as Louis of Bavaria, was also crowned King of Germany. The result of the dual coronations was a war which lasted almost eight years and ended in the defeat of Frederick at the Battle of Muhldorf on Sept. 28, 1322. The victorious Louis imprisoned Frederick in the castle of Trausnitz in Upper Palatinate. He was finally released in March of 1325 upon swearing an oath that Louis was the legitimate King of Germany. Frederick briefly was named co-ruler of Germany in 1325 but early in the following year his power was once again confined only to Austria. This original etching and engraving depicts a bust length portrait of Holy Roman the Emperor Fredericus III. Here, the artist, Jonas Suyderhoef depicts the portrait of King Frederick III (with mustache but no beard). He is wearing his in Royal costume with a brocade cape and an jeweled crown over his showlder length hair. The portrait is surrounded by Pieter Soutman's large and richly ornate oval border decorated with cherubs delightfully vie for space with the imperial eagles in the upper right and left margins, an armoured horse in the lower right, helmets, spears, shields, swords and other articles of war. The Latin inscription under this superb portrait of Emperor Frederick III reads; "Fredericus III. Alberti I Fil. Rodolphi I Nep. Patri Successori Henrico VII Succedens Imperator. Electo Simul Consobrino Suo Ludovico Bavaro, MCCCXV, Superatis Tandem Tricis, MCCCXXV, CVM ILLO CERTIS, Conditionbus Imperio Praeest, Obit MCCCXXX. 'P. Soutman Inuenit Effigiauit et Excud. Cum Priul. I. Suyderhoef Sculp. 1644'" A loose translation to this text reads' (Frederick III. Son of Albert I. Grandson of Rudolph I. Succeded his father's successor, Emperor Henry VII. Elected at the same time as his cousin, Ludovic Bavaro (Louis of Bavaria), 1315, Finally Overcoming Diffiiculties in 1325, CVM, ruled his Empire under certain conditions. Died, 1330). This is a striking example of the 17th century art created by the Dutch artists, Pieter van Sompel and Pieter Soutman.
Reference:	* (Quotation for Jonas Suyderhoef) Arthur M. Hind, "A History of Engraving and Etching", New York, Dover, 1963, p. 129.
Raisonne:	K. G. Boon, ed., Hollstein’s "Dutch and Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts", Van Gendt B.V., Blaricum, 1984. Volume 28. Catalogue #50. First State of Four, as described.
Note:	Determining the states for each engraving from "Effigies imperatorum domus Austriacae" is not difficult. Changes occur only within the lettering. The first state is the only state that contains the date, 1644. In the second state the date has been removed. The third state contains the name of the new publisher, 'F. de Wit' or 'Frederick de Wit', to the lower right. Lastly, for the fourth and final state, both the Roman numeral and de Wit's name have been removed.
	Information concerning Pieter Soutman's dual role as both the designer and etcher of the borders was obtained from the British Museum. This information may be viewed online at the British Museum Registration Number: 1867,0413.609, Imperatores Domus Austriacae, portrait of Albertus II by Pieter Soutman and Jonas Suyderhoef. The Curator comments, "The portraits are engraved by Jonas Suyderhoef (Hollstein nos. 49-50) and Pieter van Sompel (Hollstein 14-24); while the ornamental borders are etched by Pieter Soutman, who also published the series in Haarlem in 1644". The British Museum also includes an impression of Jonas Suyderhoef's "Imperator Fredericus III", (Emperor Frederick III) , Museum number, 1873,0809.913, fourth plate for from the "Effigies imperatorum domus Austriacae", First State, dated 1644.
Size:	16 3/4 X 13 1/2 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
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Condition:	Printed on early seventeenth century hand-made, laid paper and trimmed to the plate-mark, as usual. A vertical fold mark exists in the left-hand portion of the image, as these large engravings were folded to accommodate the size of the text of "Effigies imperatorum domus Austriacae". Very slight staining exists along the extreme lower, upper and right-hand margins, else in very good condition throughout. As noted earlier, this is a fine impression of Hollstein’s first state of four. Altogether, "Imperator Fredericus III" (Emperor Frederick III, Frederick the Fair) represents a superb, original example of the engraved art of Jonas Suyderhoef and the etched art of Pieter Claesz Soutman.
Subject:	Jonas Suyderhoef, Pieter Claesz Soutman, Pieter Soutman,"Imperator Fredericus III", (Emperor Frederick III) also known as, Frederick the Fair ('der Schone'), Battle of Muhldorf, original engraving and etching, school of Rubens, "Effigies imperatorum domus Austriacae", House of Hapsburg (Habsburg), Franz Hals, ornamental border, united Lower and Upper Austria.
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