Historic Religious Illustrations

A collection of ornate prints depicting biblical scenes and literature, featuring intricate decorative frames, angels, and themes of warfare and divinity.

Karta Tytułowa: Kunnst and textbooks for the sophisticated boys to tear and paint from it. Amman, Jost (1539 1591), Walther, Johann Georg

The Parable of the Unjust Steward from Plenarium, Plate 14 from Woodcuts from Books of the 15th Century Original 1497 Germany. Woodcut in black with hand-colored additions, and letterpress in black (recto and verso), on buff laid paper, tipped onto cream wove paper mat . Unknown artist (Illustrator)

Veen, Otto van, Tempesta, Antonio, Copies after Tempesta's Batavian Revolt, Cérialis ravage l'isle des Bataves, planche XXXIV, Romans plunder the country but promise peace, 69-70, Romans plunder the country but Cerialis promises peace, and mercy to Civilis. Print 34 in a series about the Batavian Revolt, copied from the series Batavorum cum Romanis bellum by Antonio Tempesta (Otto Vaenius, Antwerp 1612). Illustration for: Marquis de St. Simon, Histoire de la guerre des Bataves et des Romains, d'après César; Corneille Tacite, Aux dépens de Marc-Michel Rey, Amsterdam 1770. Representations printed in a large ornamental frame in which a cut-out title is pasted at the top and a caption in French at the bottom., print, history print, prints, Frederik Muller History plates, height 140 mm, width 202 mm, height 370 mm, width 300 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1768 - 1770, third quarter 18th century, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, Italia

Crucifixion of Saint Andrew from Missale Monasteriense, plate 65 from Woodcuts from Books of the XVI Century 1520 France. Metalcut on paper . Unknown artist

Cartouche flanked by two women, a unicorn and a swan, Wendel Dietterlin (I), 1593 - 1595 Numbered: 36. Print is part of a book. Strasbourg (France) paper etching ornament derived from architectural details. parts of church exterior and annexes: portal. ornament ~ cartouche. unicorn

Text sheet with description of the catalark with candles; Funeral procession of Emperor Charles V, 1558; La Magnifique, et sumptuous Pompe funebre, Faite Aus Obseques & Funerailles du Tres-Grand & Tres-Victory Empereur Charles Cinquième, Celebrées and La Vile de Bruxelles Le XXIX. Iour du mois de decembre m.d.lviii. Par Philippes Roy Catholique d'Espaignes Son Fils .. Text sheet With description of the catalark with candles, the Chapelle Ardente, mounted for plate 1: La Chapelle Ardante Representée and La Figure Suivante (...). Printed text inside colored ornamental picture frame in woodcut. Part of the printer of the funeral procession of Emperor Charles V on December 29, 1558 in Brussels.

Adam and Eva in Allegorical setting, 1581 Tekst in cartouche met Signatuur L.C.S. Middenonder of Naakte Adam en Eva Met Esau en Jacob. Prent shipped Het Boek 'all the near Europe, Asia, Aphric and America nations attitude ...', 1581. The Prent Maakt deel shipped van een album. paper engraving Tekst in cartouche met Signatuur L.C.S. Middenonder of Naakte Adam en Eva Met Esau en Jacob. Prent shipped Het Boek 'all the near Europe, Asia, Aphric and America nations attitude ...', 1581. The Prent Maakt deel shipped van een album. paper engraving

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PortraT van Bernhard Schmid, Anonymous, After Tobias Stimmer, 1549 - 1571 print Allegorical figures and animals in the richly decorated frame. Print is part of an album. Strasbourg (France) paper historical persons. portrait of composer

St. James the Greater Lucas Cranach the Younger German. St. James the Greater 625641

Theuerdanck's Ship Caught in the Ice, from Theuerdanck 1517 Hans Schäufelein German. Theuerdanck's Ship Caught in the Ice, from Theuerdanck 665564

Cartoon on the bishop of Munster, 1674, 1674 print Cartoon on the bishop of Munster After closing the peace with England by the Republic on February 19, 1674 and taking prince von Fürstenberg on February 16, 1674. The bishop in a children's givea chair with fools to his miter, dreams surrounded by all kinds of madmen And fools. On the left mourns with a globe. In the background a statue of eternal peace. With a spotvers in 4 columns. Northern Netherlands paper etching / engraving / letterpress printing political caricatures and satires

Amongrition marggraf Heinrichs of the enlightened monument to Meissen on his funeral Copper engraving.p.37 PAG 401 from: Weck, Anton: The Chur-Priority Saxon Securely Residential and Main Vestung Dresden Description and Presentation / In 4 divisions; With basic and other disrupt, also proven documents, Nuremberg: Hoffmann. 1679. Dresden: Slub 1830 17B 0555 000 00 1

Sacred Monogram with the Trinity, Instruments of the Passion, and Saints. Artist: Anonymous, French, Paris, 15th century. Dimensions: image: 21 3/8 x 12 5/8 in. (54.3 x 32.1 cm)sheet: 21 3/4 x 13 1/4 in. (55.2 x 33.7 cm). Date: ca. 1490-1500. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Forging heads, 1689; CE Forgeron my good flind / fait sortir de la test a child; At the Hollandschen Master Smith experts. Forging heads, 1689. Cartoon on Father Peters and the Catholics in England. In a Smidse, the head of Father Peters is treated by three forging with mokers so that the Molenaarskind (the Prince of Wales) appears from the head. On the ground left three orange windows at the feet of the front Smit (probably Prince Willem III), on the right the heads of the Kings Jacobus II and Louis XIV. A text in 3 columns is pressed on the leaf under the plate.

Human Body, Anonymous, 1600 - 1699 print The front view of two human bodies with images of the signs of the zodiac connected by lines to certain parts of the body. Two columns with six lines each Dutch text each in the lower margin. Netherlands paper letterpress printing zodiacal man; zodiac combined with parts of the human body

Facsimile z rękopisu Kroniki Pruskiej 1552. Barousse, Ch. (Paryż ; zakład litograficzny ; fl. ca 1860), lithography atelier, Piliński, Adam (1810-1887), graphic artist

Family tree of Maximilian (bottom part), Albrecht Dürer (workshop of), 1515 print The ancestors of Keizer Maximilian with their coats of arms, placed along a winding branch. Lower part of the central performance on the triumphal arch of Emperor Maximilian I. Nuremberg paper letterpress printing family lineage, pedigree, genealogical tree or table. armorial bearing, heraldry. siege. historical persons

Albrecht Dürer A Pastoral Landscape with Shepherds Playing a Viola and Panpipes Drawing; watercolor and gouache heightened with pen and ink and gold, pasted back onto page 1 of Aldus Manutius' first edition of Theocritus' Idylls and other texts (Venice, February 1496); page size: 31 x 20.3 cm (12 3/16 x 8 in.) overall size (book closed): 32.4 x 21.6 cm (12 3/4 x 8 1/2 in.);

Illustration from Coronijke van Hollandt, plate 58 from Woodcuts from Books of the XVI Century 1530 Germany. Woodcut on paper . Unknown artist

French Revolution. Opening of the General States in Versailles, May 4, 1989 (TF)

A 1510 woodcut and type print by Albrecht Dürer showing Death confronting a Landsknecht soldier, accompanied by a 76-line poem.

The chronicle of the bishops pad Verdensi

AGRADECIMIENTO DEL REY AL DUQUE DE BERWICK POR HABER PARTICIPADO EN LA BATALLA DE ALMANSA. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. MADRID. SPAIN. FELIPE V DE BORBON. DUQUE DE BERWICK. FITZ-JAMES STUART JAMES. FITZ-JAMES STUART JACOBO.

This copper engraving by Jan Collaert the Younger depicts a title leaf for the Apostle Credo, showing decorative motifs and text layout.

Quomodo debeamus uti liberalitate ad captandam multitudinis beniuolentiam (How We Must Use Liberality to Capture the Favor of the Multitude) from De Officiis by Cicero, plate 82 from Woodcuts from Books of the XVI Century. Unknown Artist (Italian, 16th century); assembled by Max Geisberg (Swiss, 1875-1943). Date: 1506. Dimensions: 57 x 92 mm (image); 263 x 179 mm (image/text); 315 x 218 mm (sheet). Woodcut on paper. Origin: Italy. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA. Author: UNKNOWN ARTIST.

Bliżej Kultury unknown

Count Willem II van Holland, 1586 - 1587 Count Willem II van Holland, full, with sword. The weapon shows a double-headed eagle (although he was a Roman king and not emperor), shared with the Wapen van Holland. The print is part of a book with descriptions and representations of the graves of Holland, Zeeland and Friesland. print maker: Haarlemafter drawing by: Haarlempublisher: Amsterdam paper engraving Count Willem II van Holland, full, with sword. The weapon shows a double-headed eagle (although he was a Roman king and not emperor), shared with the Wapen van Holland. The print is part of a book with descriptions and representations of the graves of Holland, Zeeland and Friesland. print maker: Haarlemafter drawing by: Haarlempublisher: Amsterdam paper engraving

Portraits of Emperor Lodewijk II of Italy and his brothers, 1559 Portraits of Emperor Lodewijk II of Italy and his brothers Karel van Provence and Lotharius II, together on a coin with edge. The print is part of a book about the emperors from Julius Caesar to Charles V and his brother Ferdinand. Antwerp paper etching / letterpress printing Portraits of Emperor Lodewijk II of Italy and his brothers Karel van Provence and Lotharius II, together on a coin with edge. The print is part of a book about the emperors from Julius Caesar to Charles V and his brother Ferdinand. Antwerp paper etching / letterpress printing

Netherlands, Amsterdam, Ratelband and J. Bouwer, The heirs of the widow J., To show David's life to your young youth, So see these prints and crown him king;, How he slays Goliath's pride full of inflated delusion, With a sling and stone to the ground, verso - stamped, Sheet with 12 scenes from the story of the Old Testament king David and two coins. A caption under each scene. Entirely set in a decorative frame of floral tendrils, animals and coins. Numbered top right: 104., print, prent, volksprent, volksprenten, prints, prenten, height 411 mm, width 305 mm, Publication (Event), Publication, Dutch, publisher, 1782 - 1793, paper, papier, houtcut, kleuren, letterpress printing, boekdruk, print maker, prentmaker

Perspectiva Corporum Regularium. Artist: after Wenzel Jamnitzer (German, Vienna 1507/8-1585 Nuremberg). Dimensions: Overall: 13 3/4 x 10 1/16 x 3/8in. (35 x 25.5 x 1cm). Engraver: Jost Amman (Swiss, Zurich before 1539-1591 Nuremberg). Published in: Nuremberg. Date: 1568.Perspective of the Regular Bodies is a lavish compendium of perspectival geometry expressly intended to show off the graphic skills of Jamnitzer, perhaps the most renowned sixteenth-century goldsmith. Based on the five Platonic solids, or "regular bodies"--the tetrahedron, cube, octahedron, dodecahedron, and icosahedron--the five main sections of the book each consist of twenty-four polyhedral variants. The forms progress from the simplest on the top row of each page to the most augmented and complex at the bottom. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA. Author: After Wenzel Jamnitzer.

Les Secondes Oeuvres, et Subtiles Inventions De Lingerie du Seigneur Federic de Vinciolo Venitien, page 15 (recto) 1603 Federico de Vinciolo Italian Designed by Federic de Vinciolo Venitien, published by Jean Le Clerc, Paris, dedicated to Catherine de Bourbon, French, 1558-1604.From top to bottom, and left to right:Design is primarily decorated with circles ornamented with floral motifs. On top of this floral background is a Crucifixion that shows Jesus nailed on the cross, which is flanked on the left by the Virgin and a kneeling saint, and on the right by another saint.. Les Secondes Oeuvres, et Subtiles Inventions De Lingerie du Seigneur Federic de Vinciolo Venitien, page 15 (recto) 358421

Jozef sells Koren to his brothers / Jozef explains the dream of the Pharaoh, Hans Janssen, 1615 - 1651 print Two prints on one leaf in oval. On the left the city gate where Joseph watches how his brothers create corn in bags (Gen. 42-6). On the right an interior with the pharaoh sitting on his throne and Joseph who explains his dream to him. Spectators in the background (Gen. 41-14). In the margins caption in Dutch. Ninth and tenth print (9 and 10) from a series of twelve with scenes from the life of Joseph. Amsterdam paper engraving Joseph's brothers are given corn; Joseph orders money to be placed secretly in their sacks. Joseph interpreting Pharaoh's dreams

Corona delle Nobili et Virtuose Donne: Libro I-IV, page 83 (recto). Dimensions: Overall: 5 1/2 x 7 11/16 in. (14 x 19.5 cm). Published in: Venice. Publisher: Cesare Vecellio (Italian, Pieve di Cadore 1521-1601 Venice) , Venice. Date: 1601.Published by Cesare Vecellio, Italian, Pieve di Cadore 1521-1601 Venice, Venice.From top to bottom, and left to right:Design consists of a central white rectangle upon which a poem is printed in black ink with an illustration of a fox holding a sculpted female bust that is seated up against a tree. Surrounding this middle section on all sides are borders decorated with different floral and linear patterns. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

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Cartoon on the peace negotiations with Spain, 1632, Anonymous, 1632 Cartoon on the peace negotiations with Spain, 1632. Balzaal in which the European princes dance together. On the floor are olive branches and disputes, scattered through the peace and the envy that fly in the air. On the right the French king Louis XIII, Prince Frederik Hendrik and the Swedish General Torstenson (Banier), on the left the Spanish King Philip IV, Emperor Ferdinand II, the Duke of Bavaria and the Cardinal-Infant Ferdinand of Austria. In the foreground, the dukes of Venice, Florence and Genoa and the King of Poland on the left look left. Gustaaf II Adolf, King of Sweden, is dead under a rug. In the background on the right, an orchestra of Jesuits plays under the leadership of Pope Urbanus VIII. In the background on the left, the Danish king Christiaan IV gets a bandage around the leg. Under the album a magazine with a song in 20 couplets and the legend A-AA in Dutch. Northern Netherlands paper engraving /

Workbench with tools, Hieronymus Wierix, 1563 - Before 1619 print On the workbench a framework with the series title in Latin. Around all kinds of tools and household goods. Antwerp paper engraving gardening-tools. furniture and household effects

Seeing it by the fingers; That Oorsaecke from allences and fishing. Love couple in garden. Ready by old woman looking through her fingers, at every figure a cartouche with text. Under the image Three columns text in Dutch.

The Grete Herball July 27, 1526 Peter Treveris British. The Grete Herball. July 27, 1526. Illustrations: woodcut. Books

French early 16th century, The Statue of Opportunity and the Passer-by, c. 1512-1515, pen and brown ink with watercolor on laid paper

Drowning people are brought on board, Anonymous, After Pietro Sante Bartoli, After Polidoro da Caravaggio, After Maturino da Firenze, 1645 - 1700 print Drowning people are taken on board from a ship by soldiers. On the left is a river god and a woolvin that sucks the twins Romulus and Remus. print maker: Italyafter print by: Italyafter design by: Romeafter painting by: Rome paper etching / engraving saving a person from drowning. drowning, shipwrecked person. the soldier; the soldier's life. ships (in general). Romulus and Remus are washed ashore and suckled by a she-wolf; 'Lupa Romana'. river-gods

Countess Jacoba van Bavaria; Comfort and short history of the graves of Hollandt Zeelandt Ende Vrieslandt; Graves and gravingen from Holland. Countess Jacoba from Bavaria, for feet, and with coat of arms. Numbered at the bottom 7. The print is part of a book with descriptions and shows of the graves of Holland, Zeeland and Friesland.

A 1563 woodcut by Lucas Cranach the Younger showing the text inscription on the portrait of Johann Friedrich II, Duke of Saxony, alongside the figure.

Boxmaker, Jan Luyken, 1698 print Amsterdam paper etching wood carver. handicrafts, craftsman at work

The bird catcher and the crested lark cont.; Hermes and the traveler.. 1480. Aesop. Manuscripts, Illuminations, Miniatures (illuminations). Spencer Collection

A Rider on a Black Horse with a Pair of Balances in His Hand; and A Pale Horse with Death as Its Rider, from an Apocalypse blockbook, 2nd edition 1440-1450 Anonymous, Netherlandish, 15th century Netherlandish. A Rider on a Black Horse with a Pair of Balances in His Hand; and A Pale Horse with Death as Its Rider, from an Apocalypse blockbook, 2nd edition. Anonymous, Netherlandish, 15th century. 1440-1450. Woodcut printed in dark brown ink. Prints

The Hostiewonder from Amsterdam. Text under print, printed from separate block.

German 15th Century, Saint Hugo of Lincoln (or Saint Hugo of Avalon), probably 1460-1480, woodcut

End of the game to Schenckenschans, 1635-1636; The Geluckich Eynd from the Vorstelijck Raffel game to Schenckenschants / Le Heureusse Fin du Jeu des Princes Pour Le Fort de Schenck. Cartoon on the battle for Schenckenschans in the years 1635-1636. The end of the game to the scans. Frederik Hendrik and the Cardinal Infant Ferdinand dice to a table around the fort. The Stadholder throws the winning pitch. The Cardinal Infant scratches himself on the head, Count Johan van Nassau looks at the stones through binoculars. Links leave the pope, the bishop Cologne, the king of Spain and the emperor. Right Kardinal Richelieu watches. On the left in the background, the adhesive farmers dance. From under the table a priest and a non-appearance. On the right in the background The conquest of the fort through the state army on April 29, 1636. Below the print is stuck a larger leaf with 4 columns text in Dutch. On the top of 10 verses of the main characters in German. At the bottom a Dutch song in 4

Kartiny iz Biblii i Apokalipsisa, raboty mastera Korenia.. Rovinski, D. A. (Dmitri Aleksandrovich), 1824-1895. Prints. 1881. Rare Book Division. Folk art , Russia (Federation), Russia , Social life and customs, Engraving, Russian

Emblem with allegory at marriage, François Van Bleyswijck, 1737 print Emblem with allegory on the marriage depicted as a chained woman with crown and scepter. Two medallions show scenes of a wedding ceremony and the birth of a child. At the feet of the woman are agricultural tools such as team and kick and also a rudder. There is a poem under the performance and on the verso. Leiden paper etching 'Castit marriage', 'Marital faith', 'Wedding' (Ripa)

Lucas Cranach the Youngers woodcut text on the portrait of Heinrich I (1563) accompanies the image, providing information about his titles and role as Duke of Saxony and King of the Holy Roman Empire.

Leaf from New Kreuterbuch by Hieronymus Bock, plate 98 from Woodcuts from Books of the XVI Century 1580 Germany. Woodcut on paper . David Kandel

Two human figures with abnormalities

Colored woodcut by Johann Zainer from 1473 showing Saturn, Ops, and Jupiter, including symbolic figures, gestures, and astronomical elements.

Title Page for "Bizzarie di varie Figure". Dated: 1624. Dimensions: plate: 8 x 10.5 cm (3 1/8 x 4 1/8 in.) sheet: 11.2 x 15 cm (4 7/16 x 5 7/8 in.). Medium: etching. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Giovanni Battista Bracelli.

Portrait of Queen Semiramis; From the beginning aeriously mighty Rycken on Aerden; Den Grooten Emblemata Sacra, consisting of more than four hundred by Belsche figures, as des old as des Nieuwen Testaments. Portrait of Anna van Denmark, used in this album as a portrait of Queen Semiramis. With accompanying text about Semiramis. The magazine is part of an album.

Judit with the head of Holofernes, Michel Wolgemut (workshop of), 1493 print A flower chalice with judit. She has the head of Holofernes at the tip of her sword. The print is part of an album. paper letterpress printing Judith and Holofernes (Judith 8-16)

Cleobulus van Lindus, Michel Wolgemut (Workshop of), 1493 print A flower chalice with a man. He has a hood on his head and put his hands in his sleeves. The text identifies him as Cleobulus of Lindus, one of the seven sages of Greece. The print is part of an album. paper letterpress printing the seven wise men of Greece: Bias, Chilon, Cleobulus, Periander (alternatively Myson), Pittacus, Solon, Thales

Coat of arms of England surrounded by weapons, Jodocus Hondius (I), 1614 print The coat of arms of England with many weapons in the edge. At the bottom of the coat of arms on a cartouche the motto: Diev et Mon Droit, including six lines in English. Above the coat of arms a canopy with two winged putti. On the bingine, stuck in the middle, the portrait of Jacobus I, king of England in a medallion, with a border in Latin. London paper engraving / etching armorial bearing, heraldry

PYRAMUS en Thisbe, Stefano della Bella, 1620 - 1664 print. playing card Play card with a performance by Thisbe that discovers the body of Pyramus. Text and window in the lower margin. print maker: Francepublisher: ParisFrance paper etching (story of) Pyramus and Thisbe

Bartolome de Torres Naharro (c. 1485- c. 1530). Spanish dramatist and Leonese language writer. Aquilana comedy. Home. Edition, 1517.

Woman and Dog in Domestic Interior with Landscape Views, La Hypnerotomachia di Poliphilo: cioè pvgna d'amore in sogno, dov'egli mostra, che tvtte le cose hvmane non sono altro che sogno, and doue narra molt'altre cose degne di cognitione, Colonna, Francesco, d. 1527, Feliciano, Felice, 1433-1479, Woodcut, 1545, Woodcut, c. 1499. The book is unpaginated; the plate is located on page 441, and it is the 165th plate in sequence, counted from the book's frontispiece.

Human skeleton; Corporis Humana Anathomia Ossium. Left The rear view of a human skeleton with images of the signs of the zodiac that are connected by banderoles with certain parts of the skeleton. On the right the front view of a human skeleton with banderoles that display the names of the different bones. In the middle a cartouche with further explanation about the number of bones and their names.

Two human figures showing abnormalities, one with a face on the torso and the other with the body of a child on the torso

Limitation party of the Altyd memorable victory and battle of Waterloo / happened on the 16, 17 and 18 Juny 1815. Leaf with a large representation of a memorial gatherings to commemorate the Battle of Waterloo. In the middle, a group of children danced around a column with a picture on it. There is a group of people to watch. Upstairs banderoles and medallions hang on ribbons with texts and took on it. Under the image a verse in three columns. Numbered at the top right: No. 121.

Edward Chwalewik's exlibris from SOW in the library; Apple, Feliks (1865-1928); 1907 (1907-00-00-1907-00-00);Chwalewik Edward, addressee, Warsaw (Masovian Voivodeship)-headquarters of the addressee of the exlibris, Witke-Jeżewski, Dominik (1862-1944)-collection, an allegorical-symbolic exlibrisy, laurel branch (attribute), books, owl, birds, animals

Netherlands, Lady Jacob, Jacoba of Bavaria, Jacoba full-length with coats of arms of Bavaria, France, Brabant and Gloucester, print, book illustration, prints, height 135 mm, width 74 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1517 - 1517, first quarter 16th century, second quarter 16th century, paper, woodcut

Hans Holbein the Younger (German, 1497-1498 - 1543), Letter Z, woodcut

Illustration from Das Heldenbuch, plate 33 from Woodcuts from Books of the XVI Century. Unknown Artist (German, 16th century); assembled by Max Geisberg (Swiss, 1875-1943). Date: 1560. Dimensions: 51 × 68 mm (image); 253 × 141 mm (image/te×t); 305 × 200 mm (sheet). Woodcut on paper. Origin: Germany. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Saldörffer, Conrad, Satirical scenes with animals, Wolf seducing goats, verso - stamped, print, prints, height 43 mm, width 173 mm, German, print maker, printmaker, 1563 - 1583, paper, papier, etching, etchings

Emilia-Romagna Ferrara Ferrara Museo Civico di Schifanoia20. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 General Notes: INCOMPLETE RECORD--NEGATIVES PROCESSED, PRINTS FILED German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site complex and monument.

Etching by Pietro Santo Bartoli, created in 1680, featuring a title page and dedication to Emperor Leopold I, including a depiction of Emperor Sigismund in Mantua.

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