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WITTGISEL Konig der Sachsen 1718
Engraving | 15.5 x 8.8 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 609003.i
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Master: [Engravings of legendary rulers of Saxony] Item: WITTGISEL Konig der Sachsen 1718
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Engraving of Wittgisel, early King of Saxony. Half length with plumed helmet, beard, and armour, holding a sword in right hand. Within an oval border with German inscription on pedestal below. Cut down.
This print is from a series of 58 portraits of the rulers of Saxony, Meissen, and Thuringia dating from 70 BC to the early eighteenth century, all taken from Sigmund von Birken and Joachim Friedrich Feller's Königlich-Polnischer, Chur- und Fürstlich-Sächsischer Helden-Saal; Oder Kurtze, jedoch hinlängliche Beschreibung der Ankunfft, Aufnahme, Fortpflantzung und vornehmsten Geschichten Dieses Durchlauchtigsten Hauses (1718).
For the other portraits from this series see RCINs 609003.a-n, RCIN 609010, RCINs 609027.a-u, RCIN 609027.x-aa, RCIN 609078, RCIN 609285, RCIN 609300, RCIN 609419, RCIN 609433, and RCIN 600001. -
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15.5 x 8.8 cm (sheet of paper)
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