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[Empress Anna of Tyrol.] Serenissima Augustissima Optima Princeps Domina Domina Anna Romanorum Impreratrix Germaniae Hungariæ Bohemiæ Dalmatiæ Croatiæ Sclavoniæ etc: Regina Archiduc: Austriæ Duc: Burgundiæ etc: Com: Tyrol etc:.
[Empress Anna of Tyrol.] Serenissima Augustissima Optima Princeps Domina Domina Anna Romanorum Impreratrix Germaniae Hungariæ Bohemiæ Dalmatiæ Croatiæ Sclavoniæ etc: Regina Archiduc: Austriæ Duc: Burgundiæ etc: Com: Tyrol etc:. [&] [Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor.] Serenissimus Potentissimus Invictissimus Princeps Dominus Dominus Matthias dei Gratia Romanorum Imperator Semper Augustus Germaniae Hungariæ Bohemiæ Dalmatiæ Croatiæ Sclavoniæ etc: Rex Archdux Austriæ Dux Burgundiæ etc: Comes Tyrolis etc: P.P.P.F.
Sacrae Cæsareæ Majestatis Sculptor Egidius Sadeler de facie expressit et in deuoti animi signum humilis obtulit Pargæ Anno Christiano M.D.C.XVI.
Cum privil S.C. M.tis. [1616.]
Pair of engravings. Sheets: 205 x 300mm (8 x 11¾"). Trimmed and tipped into album sheets.
A pair of portraits of Holy Roman Emperor Matthias (1557-1619) and his wife Anna of Tyrol (1585-1618). Matthias was crowned Holy Roman Emperor in 1612 after the death of his brother Rudolf II, having forced Rudolf to cede most of his lands during the previous ten years. Anna was the first Empress since the 15th century to be jointly crowned with her husband. The portraits are engraved by Aegidius Sadeler (1570-1629) a Flemish engraver active in the court of HRE Rudolf II and his successors engraving portraits of courtiers.
See Auction Zezula 9/4/2016 Lot 9 for the Empress.
[Ref: 44413]   £2,500.00   view all images for this item
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Iacobus Chimarrhaeus S.R.E. Protn. Comes Pal: Aplus: Et Emp. Eques Auratae Militiae, Eleemosiinarius Caes: Maior.
Iacobus Chimarrhaeus S.R.E. Protn. Comes Pal: Aplus: Et Emp. Eques Auratae Militiae, Eleemosiinarius Caes: Maior. Aeta. Lix. Domat Omnia Virtus. M.D.C.I.
[S. Caes. Mtis. sculptor Aeg. Sadeler ad viuum delineavit, et D.D. Pragae.]
[Marco Sadeler excudit.] [n.d. c.1601.]
Engraving. 165 x 127mm. 6½ x 5". Cut.
Portrait of the preacher Jacobus Chimarrhaeus (1542-1614), aged 59, half-length slightly turned to left, wearing a fur-trimmed coat and beard; in lettered oval with coats of arms and headgear in four corners. He was grand almoner to Holy Roman Emperor Rudolph II.
Ex Collection: R. Hobson of Hove.
[Ref: 25256]   £50.00   (£60.00 incl.VAT)
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Antonius Sherleyns Anglus Eques Auratus.
Antonius Sherleyns Anglus Eques Auratus. Magni Sophi Persarum Legatus inuicitissimo Caesari Ceterisque Principibus Christianis: huiusce Amicitie et Auctor et ductor Ex Ore, Ad Os.
S. Cae. M.tis Sculptor AEgidius Sadeler. D.D:
cum privil. S. Cae. M.tis. [n.d. c.1620.]
Engraving. Plate 196 x 132mm. 7¾ x 5¼". Trimmed.
Anthony Shirley (1565-1635) was an English traveller, whose imprisonment in 1603 by King James I was an important event because it caused the British House of Commons to assert one of its privileges, freedom of its members from arrest, in a document known as 'The Form of Apology and Satisfaction'. Published in 1613 Travels in Persia.
Ex Collection: Norman Blackburn. NPG: D26058.
[Ref: 24083]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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