Portret van Christiaan VI, koning van Denemarken en Noorwegen
Summary
Portret van Christiaan VI, koning van Denemarken en Noorwegen met allongepruik, in hermelijnen mantel. Om zijn schouders een keten van de Orde van de Olifant. In ovaal. Onder het portret het familiewapen met koningskroon, gedragen door twee wildemannen.
Printmaking in woodcut and engraving came to Northern Italy within a few decades of their invention north of the Alps. Engraving probably came first to Florence in the 1440s, the goldsmith Maso Finiguerra (1426–64) used the technique. Italian engraving caught the very early Renaissance, 1460–1490. Print copying was a widely accepted practice, as well as copying of paintings viewed as images in their own right.
Tags
prints
paper
etching
engraving
giovanni marco pitteri
portret van christiaan vi
van denemarken
high resolution
portrait
denmark
king
chain
italian
family coat of arms
coat of arms
elephant
norwegian
norway
rijksmuseum
ambassador
diplomats
Date
1600 - 1700
in collections
Source
Rijksmuseum
Link
Copyright info
Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication ("CCO 1.0 Dedication")