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PIASTUS 1685

Engraving | 11.7 x 6.5 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 611317.k

  • Engraving of Piast the Wheelwright, Duke of Poland. Half length with curled hair, beard, cap, and robes edged in fur. 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.

  • Medium and techniques

    Engraving

    Measurements

    11.7 x 6.5 cm (sheet of paper)

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