Albrecht Herzog zu Sachsen c.1560-99
Woodcut | 25.4 x 17.7 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 609098
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Woodcut of Albert III the Bold, Elector of Saxony. Half length with long hair, fur cap, robes, and Order of the Golden Fleece, holding a rosary in left hand and holding shield bearing the coat of arms of Saxony in right. The portrait printed with German text above and below.
Another print taken from the same block appeared in Johann Agricola's Abcontrafactur und Bildnis aller Grosshertzogen, Chur und Fürsten,welche vom Jahre nach Christi geburt (1599), see RCIN 609088. -
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Woodcut
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25.4 x 17.7 cm (sheet of paper)
14.8 x 11.4 cm (image)
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