Live auction - Lot 128
[German]
"Statua Regum Europaeorum P.C.N. Nomina Continens".
SEUTTER, Matthäus. SEUTTER, Johannes (after)
Hammer price: €
350
€ 250 / 300
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Lot description
[Augsburg], s.n., [c. 1730]
Engraving, 49,3 x 56,8 cm, laid paper, old hand-coloured with gilt details (minor defects).
Curious allegorical portrait of a Roman emperor, in fact the embodiment of a historical timeline, whose armour is described with a list of the past rulers of Europe, including their star sign and dates of death. From a set of four plates included in the Atlas Novus.
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