Antique Master Print-FRONTISPIECE-BAVARIA SANCTA-ARCHANGEL-VIRGIN-Kager-Sadeler-1615

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2. RELIGIO PRINCIPUM, TUTELE REGNORUM. – (Religion the protector of the Kingdom.) Allegorical frontispiece depicting the archangel Michael holding up a map of the territory of Bavaria to the approving Virgin Mary and child Jesus. In the rear at left bottom a view onto Munich.

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‘2. RELIGIO PRINCIPUM, TUTELE REGNORUM.’

Copperplate engraving on hand laid (verge) paper. Watermark: Double headed eagle (not visible on every sheet).
Sheet size: 19,5 x 27,5 cm. (7,7 x 10,8 inch). Image size: 14,6 x 21 cm. (5,7 x 8,3 inch).

From ‘Bavaria Sancta …’, by Matth?us Rader, published in Munich. From the original first ed. published 1615 (vol.1), 1624 (vol.2) and 1627 (vol.3). Most plates from vol. 1. Plates were sold bound as such but also sold individually. Very scarse. This hagiography work was commissioned by Maximilian I (1598-1651) to memorize the holy dead and highlight the power of their relics and devotion as an attempt to rewrite Catholic hagiography in light of Humanist criticism and Counter Reformation. I was also a piece of propaganda to glorify Maximilian and his confessional, political and territorial ambitions. Ref: Brunet IV, 1085; Lentner II, 4095; De Backer VI ao. 1376-1377; H. 239-298, 299-342 (Sadeler I); H. 157-201 (Sadeler II).

Made by ‘Raphael Sadeler’ after ‘Johann Matthias Kager or Peter Candid’. Author: Matth?us Rader, a Jesuit from Tyrol, Professor of Rhetoric in Augsburg and later Munich. Engraved by Raphael Sadeler I (1560-1632) and his son Raphael Sadeler II (1584-1632) after Johann Matthias Kager (1566-1634) and Peter Candid.

Condition: Very good, given age. Some chipping of paper edge. Red paper edge from binding. Horizontal and vertical printer’s creases in middle and right margin resp. Two small holes in margins. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

Keywords: FRONTISPIECE-BAVARIA SANCTA-ARCHANGEL MICHAEL-VIRGIN AND CHILD-PL.3

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Dimensions 27 × 19 × 1 cm

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