Catalogue information

LastDodo number
4550547
Area
Prints / graphics
Title
GEBHARDUS D.G. ARCHIEPISC: COLONIEN: PRINC: ELECT: S.R.I.P ITA: CAN:
Artist
Year
1616
Print run
Signed
Dimensions
13,5 x 11,8
Theme
Details

Portrait of Gebhard Truchesess, Elector and Archbishop of Cologne in 1583. He endeavored to make the Cologne Archfoundation a Protestant Duchy. Ultimately it was defeated by the Catholic side, cementing the position of Catholicism in the Holy Roman Empire. Copper engraving, published in the famous book by Willem Baudartius (1565-1640) 'Les Guerres De Nassau, (...)', Amsterdam, Michel Colin de Thovoyon, 1616.

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