P.W.M. Schffmann (active circa 1917) after Albrecht Drer

Portrait of Emperor Maximilian I von Habsburg (1459-1519) , standing small half length, wearing a fur-lined dark red cape with hat, holding a pomegranate in his left hand

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P.W.M. Schffmann (active circa 1917) after Albrecht Drer
Portrait of Emperor Maximilian I von Habsburg (1459-1519) , standing small half length, wearing a fur-lined dark red cape with hat, holding a pomegranate in his left hand
signed and dated P.W.M. Schffmann.1917 lower left and with signature and the date AD 1519 (AD linked) upper right and inscribed: POTENTISSIMVS.MAXIMVS.ET.INVICTISSIMUS.CAESAR.MAXIMILIANVS/QVI.CVNCTO S.SVI.TEMPORIS.REGIS.ET.PRINCIPES.IVSTICIA.PRVDENCIA/MAGNANIMITATE.LIBE RALITATE.PRAECIPVE.VERO.BELLIGA.LAVDE.ET/ANIMI.FORTICVCINE.SVPERAVIT.NA TVS.EST.ANNO.SALVTIS.HVMANAE/.M.CCCC.LIX.DIE.MARCII.IX.VIXIT.ANNOS.LIX. MENSES.IX.DIES.XXV/DECESSIT.VERO.ANNO.M.D.XIX.MESIS.IANVARII.DIE.XII.QV EM.DEUS/OPT.MAX.IN.NVMERVM.VIVENCIVM.REFRRE.VELIT. upper centre
oil on panel
73.4 x 62 cm
in a 17th Century ebonised frame

Provenance

D.A. Eekhout, Vught (inscription on the reverse).

Lot Essay

The prototype, signed and dated 1519, on panel, 73 x 62 cm, is in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna (see F. Winkler, Drer - des Meisters Gemlde Kupferstiche und Holzschnitte, 1904, p.68, ill).
Son of Emperor Frederick III, the sitter married Mary of Burgundy in 1477. He succeeded his father to the throne in 1493 and married his second wife, Bianca Maria Sforza, daughter of the Duke of Milan, in 1494. Maximilian was famous for his striving for unity in the German Empire: he founded a State Court (Reichskammergericht) in 1495 and a State Council (Reichshofrat) in 1497. He was also famous for his love of the arts.

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