HUGO CAPETUS 1671
Engraving | 12.0 x 6.6 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 616268.aj
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Engraving of Hugh Capet, King of the Franks. Bust length with curled hair, beard, crown, and robes. Within an oval border with title above and with German inscription below. Cut down.
From a series of 65 portraits of French rulers from the sixth to the seventeenth century, all of which were originally plates to Der Könige in Frankreich Leben, Regierung und Absterben: aus bewehrten frantzösischen Geschicht-Schreibern übersetzet und biß auf instehendes 1671 (1671).
For the full series of prints from this volume see RCIN 616268.a-bk, RCIN 616807, and RCIN 616933. -
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12.0 x 6.6 cm (sheet of paper)
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