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Attributed to Matthäus Merian I (1593-1650)
[Philip I the Magnanimous, Landgrave of Hesse] 1638
Engraving | 27.7 x 18.8 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 610647
![[Philip I the Magnanimous, Landgrave of Hesse]](https://col.rct.uk/sites/default/files/styles/rctr-scale-1300-500/public/collection-online/8/1/427347-1383570672.jpg?itok=ZzpKnvTO "[Philip I the Magnanimous, Landgrave of Hesse]")
Attributed to Matthäus Merian I (1593-1650)
[Philip I the Magnanimous, Landgrave of Hesse] 1638
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Engraving of Philip I the Magnanimous, Landgrave of Hesse. Whole length with short hair, cap, closed ruff, doublet, and robes edged in fur. The Landgrave is pictured standing, holding a sword in left hand and a cane in right, with a view of a battle in the background in which a soldier fires a cannon. With Latin inscription on a scrolled cartouche below. A plate from Monumentum sepulcrale, ad Illustrissimi Celsissimique Principis ac Domini, Dn. Mauritii Hassiae Landgravii ... memoriam Gloriae Sempiternam Erectum (1638).
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Engraving
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27.7 x 18.8 cm (sheet of paper)
25.7 x 17.6 cm (platemark)
25.4 x 17.1 cm (image)
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