Johannis Georgii I Elect.Saxon 1737

Engraving | 28.4 x 19.0 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 609379

Johannis Georgii I Elect. Saxon 1737

Description

Engraving of a monument to Johann Georg I, Elector of Saxony. Whole length figures from a monument, pictured with armour and mantle, kneeling beside a column, with Latin inscription on pedestal below.

A plate from Thuringia sacra sive historia monasteriorum, quae olim in Thuringia floruerunt accedunt Samuelis Reyheri monumenta landgraviorum Thuringiae et marchionum Miniae (1737), for another copy of the volume complete with 101 plates see RCIN 1021250.
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Subject(s)

Search the collection John George I, Elector of Saxony (1585-1656)

Search the collection Electors of Saxony
Physical properties

Medium and techniques

Engraving

engraving

Measurements

28.4 x 19.0 cm (sheet of paper)

27.2 x 18.0 cm (platemark)

26.0 x 17.6 cm (image)
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Category
Portrait Prints
Object type(s)
visual works
prints
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Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
Architecture
Ecclesiastical & religious architecture
Funerary architecture
Funerary monuments