1722 Copper Engraving Portrait Palatine Niclaus Nikolaus Esterhazy Forchtenstein

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Home ~ Affiliations ~ Discounts ~ FAQs ~ Grading and Certification ~ Premium Shipping ~ About Us Costume Architecture By Brand By Artist Lithographs VINTAGE ART & ADVERTISING CURATED COLLECTIONS 1722 Copper Engraving Portrait Palatine Niclaus Nikolaus Esterhazy Forchtenstein Details Year: 1722 Type: Original Copper Engraving Grade: Near Mint / Very Fine+ Authentication: Dual Certificates Image: Black / White Approximate Size (inches): 8 x 13.5 Approximate Size (cm): 20 x 34 Description and Condition This is an original 1722 black and white copper engraving of "Niclaus Esterhasi Palatinus in Ungarn," also known as Nikolaus Esterh�zy, Mikl�s Esterh�zy, or Mikl�s Eszterh�zy, a Palatine of the Kingdom of Hungary. A descendent of the Frank� (Forchtenstein) line of the Hungarian noble Esterh�zy family, as Palatine Mik�s was the highest dignitary in the Kingdom of Hungary after the King. The portrait is surrounded by a wonderful decorative motif featuring a face and botanical design at the top of the print and two oppositionally placed angels blowing trumpets within an intricate filigreed design at the bottom of the print. This piece is accompanied by the original German biographical text and genealogical chart of ancestry printed separately on twenty-four, double-sided sheets featuring various decorative drop caps, vignettes and head-and tail-pieces.Period Paper is pleased to offer an extremely rare and impressive early eighteenth century collection of biographies and portrait engravings and etchings, produced in Leipzig, Germany in 1721 and 1722. Included are notable monarchs, rulers, religious figures, and members of notable Houses throughout Europe, including several genealogical charts of dynastic lines, spanning the sixteenth to early eighteenth centuries. The collection is comprised of exquisitely engraved and etched copper portrait plates framed by varying decorative motifs, all engraved by Johann Friedrich Rosbach. Many of the portraits include separate biographical pieces ranging in length from a single paragraph to several pages for more notable European monarchs and emperors. If present, the accompanying text is in German and is composed of beautiful woodcut text, with most pages containing elegantly etched drop cap initials, head-and tail-pieces and vignettes. The superb, folio-sized stock upon which the collection is engraved and etched employed the latest advances in eighteenth century paper making and highlights the era's predilection for strong, lightly sized paper with a fine structure and smooth surface. The paper's characteristics are thus similar to Japanese Gampi, and the result is well-preserved and crisp images that exceptionally capture Rosbach's fluid and sharp line work. This collection represents a unique opportunity to collect a valuable part of European history stunningly composed and illustrated. CONDITIONThis 289+ year old Item is rated Near Mint / Very Fine+. No creases. No natural defects.No surface rub.No tears. No water damage. Please note: There is a plate impression bordering the image in this print and there is light offsetting from the facing page on the accompanying text print. To find other items from this specific collection in our eBay store, please Keywords specific to this image: Art, European Nobility, Hungarian Nobility, Austrian Nobility, Habsburg Nobility, Palatine of Hungary, Royal Hungary, Turks, Ottoman Empire, Austria-Hungary, Austro-Hungarian, Holy Roman Empire, Habsburg Empire, Habsburg Dynasty, Habsburg Monarchy, Kingdom of Hungary, Ottoman Hungary, Austrian Empire, Catholic Counter-ReformationEUM5C22 150628_EUM5_041 Product Pricing & What We Deliver At times we receive inquiries about our pricing, especially for vintage advertising or historical halftone prints, and are asked why our prices are consistently higher than some other sellers of similar items. For the first five years of our business, we asked our primary consumer base what they wanted. Our primary consumers - his... read more

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