Engraving of Krakus I, legendary 8th century Polish ruler. Half length with curled hair, beard, crown, and robes edged in fur, holding a sword in left hand. With German inscription below. Cut down.

One of a series of engravings of the rulers of Poland from 550 AD to the late 17th century. From a series 47 portraits all taken from Johann Melesander's Schau-Platz Polnischer Tapfferkeit, oder der tapffermüthigen Polnischen Könige und Fürsten Leben, Regierung, Thaten, und Absterben (1685).

For more portraits from the same series see RCIN 611317.a-ap, RCIN 611349, 611376, 611402, 611408, and 611425.