Coat of Arms of Maximilian I as King of the Romans

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Coat of Arms of Maximilian I as King of the Romans

After Albrecht DürerLinkedCulture matchlcp-fbdb79ddb774

Date
c. 1517
Medium
Woodcut in black on ivory laid paper
Culture
Germany
Department
Prints and Drawings
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago
Object ID
2296

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This double-sided book illustration presents the heraldry of the soon-to-be Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian, Albrecht Dürer’s patron. The chain of stylized flints and firebrands with a dangling sheepskin denotes the Emperor’s membership in the exceedingly prestigious Order of the Golden Fleece, while the central eagles and griffins refer to his various territories. The shield of the author Florian Waldauff appears on the verso, in a woodcut also not by Dürer. Evidently the recto block wore out in the 1500 first edition of the Revelations of Saint Bridget ; the 1517 edition replaced Dürer’s very similar design with this entirely new one.

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Clarence Buckingham Collection

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