SIGISMUNDUS II MARGGRAF 1682

Engraving | 14.9 x 8.7 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 607355

Description

Engraving of Sigismund of Brandenburg, Prince-Archbishop of Magdeburg. Half length with short hair, frilled collar, embroidered jacket, and robed edged in fur. With German inscription on a scroll below. One of a series of portraits of rulers of Brandenburg. A plate from Johann Wolfgang Rentsch's Brandenburgischer Ceder-Hein, Worinnen des Durchleuchtigsten Hauses Brandenburg Aufwachs- und Abstammung published in 1682. For another impression see RCIN 631011.
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Search the collection Sigismund of Brandenburg, Prince-Archbishop of Magdeburg (1538-1566)
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Engraving

engraving

Measurements

14.9 x 8.7 cm (sheet of paper)

13.8 x 7.2 cm (image)
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visual works
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Religion & Theology
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Christianity
Christian church in general
Church government. Ecclesiastical organization
Clergy
Archbishops

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