CLEMENS WENCESLAUS c.1768-90
Mezzotint | 70.8 x 47.2 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 609535
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Mezzotint of Prince Clemens Wenceslaus of Saxony, Bishop of Freising and Regensburg and Archbishop-Elector of Trier. Half length with tied wig, collar, crucifix, and ermine robes, with right hand beside a crown. The portrait of Prince Clemens Wenceslaus is laid down on a large printed sheet which contains a Latin history of the Prince Bishops of Augsburg, and illustrated with a hand-coloured map of the diocese of Augsburg and an engraving of the Cathedral.
One of a series of broadside histories printed with a portrait, map, topographical view and history, published by Johann Matthias Lederer and Johann Simon Negges. For other examples see RCIN 606771, RCIN 609535, RCIN 611309, and RCIN 606771. -
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Medium and techniques
Mezzotint
Measurements
70.8 x 47.2 cm (sheet of paper)
68.7 x 45.0 cm (platemark)
32.7 x 22.0 cm (sheet of paper)