Portrait of the future Frederick I, King of Prussia, engraved and published in Amsterdam c1690-1701 by Pieter Schenck. Lettered above oval in top corners: "Pax una triumphis Innumeris potior. Sil. u. Punic.". Lettered below image with title and four lines of Dutch verse by Smids: "Gy wont den Lauwer; ... / ... Krans van Vrede oliven. / Lud. Smids M.D." and "P. Schenk fec: et Exc: Amstelod: Cum Privil:". Dimensions are to plate mark. The BM's copy is of the same size, with identical letering, but the mezzotinted area is a mirror image of this print. |