Henricus III D. G. Francorum et Eoniae Rex MDLXXXVI.
Hieronymus Wierix sculp.
[Antwerp, n.d., c.1586.]
Engraving. Sheet 60 x 80mm (2½ x 3¼"). Trimmed to plate.
Henri III (1551-89), son of Henri II and Catherine de' Medici, king of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth 1573-5 and king of France from 1574 until his death. His childless marriage sparked the last of the French Wars of Religion. He was assassinated by Dominican monk Jacques Clément. The engraver, Hieronymus Wierix (1553-1619) was a child prodigy, becoming a master aged 19.
[Ref: 51655] £620.00
[Antwerp, n.d., c.1586.]
Engraving. Sheet 60 x 80mm (2½ x 3¼"). Trimmed to plate.
Henri III (1551-89), son of Henri II and Catherine de' Medici, king of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth 1573-5 and king of France from 1574 until his death. His childless marriage sparked the last of the French Wars of Religion. He was assassinated by Dominican monk Jacques Clément. The engraver, Hieronymus Wierix (1553-1619) was a child prodigy, becoming a master aged 19.
[Ref: 51655] £620.00