Germany, Bavaria, Albrecht V (1550-79), Suppression of the Protestant Movement in Bavaria, 1558, pewter, 124 mm., by Hans Aesslinger, ALBERTVS. COM: PALAT: RHENI. VTRI':QZ: BAVARIÆ DVX, bust right with bare head and long beard, wearing ornately decorated armour and with cloak over left shoulder, rev. PARCERE SVBIECTIS ET DEBELLARE SVPERBOS 1558, two lions, one savaging a bull, the other protecting a lamb, angel holding two wreaths above a town and river in a rocky landscape (Adolph Hess Nachf. cat. Felix, 23 Sept. 1895, No.65; Habich 3176), cabinet friction on the high points otherwise extremely fine, with applied patination, extremely rare

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Germany, Bavaria, Albrecht V (1550-79), Suppression of the Protestant Movement in Bavaria, 1558, pewter, 124 mm., by Hans Aesslinger, ALBERTVS. COM: PALAT: RHENI. VTRI':QZ: BAVARIÆ DVX, bust right with bare head and long beard, wearing ornately decorated armour and with cloak over left shoulder, rev. PARCERE SVBIECTIS ET DEBELLARE SVPERBOS 1558, two lions, one savaging a bull, the other protecting a lamb, angel holding two wreaths above a town and river in a rocky landscape (Adolph Hess Nachf. cat. Felix, 23 Sept. 1895, No.65; Habich 3176), cabinet friction on the high points otherwise extremely fine, with applied patination, extremely rare

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INDENTAlbrecht V enforced a strong Catholic policy in Bavaria, actively suppressing Protestantism, and at the same time strengthening and centralising Ducal authority. He was also a patron of the arts, founding the library which was to become the Bavarian Royal Library, and employing the artist Hans Aesslinger as sculptor to the Bavarian court

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