Lot n° 127
Estimation :
100 - 150
EUR
PHILIPPUS II, Austriacus Hispaniarum Rex. Large full-length - Lot 127
PHILIPPUS II, Austriacus Hispaniarum Rex. Large full-length portrait of King Felipe II (1527-1598).
[Germany], [Johann Schen], [1610?]
Large copperplate engraving (29 cm x 41 cm) printed on heavy laid paper. Probably by Johann Schen, an early 17th-century draftsman of the German school.
Of the Habsburg dynasty, son and successor of Charles V, Philip II inherited an immense empire. It was under his reign that Cervantes wrote most of his work. In particular, he began Don Quixote, which he published during the reign of Philip III.
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