Antique Print-LEOPOLD V-ARCHDUKE OF FURTHER AUSTRIA-BISHOP-Van Meteren-1618

Copperplate engraving / etching on verge type of hand laid paper. on paper.

Size in cm: The overall size is ca. 20 x 35 cm. The image size is ca. 12.5 x 18.5 cm. Size in inch: The overall size is ca. 7.9 x 13.8 inch. The image size is ca. 4.9 x 7.3 inch.

Plate : ‘Leopoldus Aertshertoghe van Oostenrijck …’ This plate shows a portrait of Leopold V, Archduke of Further Austria (1586 – 1632). He was the son of Archduke Archduke Charles II of Inner Austria, and the younger brother of Emperor Ferdinand II, father of Ferdinand Charles, Archduke of Further Austria. He was Bishop of Passau and Strasbourg (until 1625) and Archduke of Further Austria including Tirol. This original antique engraving originates from: ‘Belgica : l’histoire des Pays-bas d’Emanuel de Meteren : ou, Recueil des guerres, et choses memorables advenues tant es dits pays, qu’es pays voysins, depuis l’an 1315 iusques a l’an 1612 published in The Hague by Hellebrant Jacobz Wou, 1618. Text on verso.Artists and Engravers: Emanuel van Meteren or Meteeren (1535-1612) was a Flemish historian and Consul for ‘the Traders of the Low Countries’ in London. As a historian Van Meteren was special in that he was not merely a chronicler of the events of his time, but also a powerful and wealthy man who influenced those events. ‘The first edition of his ‘Historia Belgica’ was published in Latin, at Amsterdam, in 1597. A continuation was written up to the date of Meteren’s death, and a French version came out at the Hague in 1618. Meteren is the author whose evidence is most important for establishing the innocence of Anne Boleyn.

Condition: Excellent given age. General age related toning and soiling. Please study scan carefully.

Keywords: ANTIQUE PRINT-LEOPOLD V-ARCHDUKE OF FURTHER AUSTRIA-BISHOP-VAN METEREN

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