Maximilian's Wedding with Bianca Maria Sforza, 1494: one of twenty-four reliefs by Alexander Colin, based on woodcuts from a Triumphal Arch by Albrecht Dürer. They depict events from the life of the Emperor Maximilian I, Emperor of Germany (1459-1519).
after Alexander Colin (Mechelen c.1527 - Innsbruck 1612)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1832
Materials
Paper
Measurements
545 mm (H)740 mm (W)
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Kingston Lacy Estate, Dorset
NT 1252753
Summary
Print, engraving, Maximilian's Wedding with Bianca Maria Sforza, 1494: one of twenty-four reliefs by Alexander Colin, based on woodcuts from a Triumphal Arch by Albrecht Dürer. They depict events from the life of the Emperor Maximilian I, Emperor of Germany (1459-1519). Inscribed: 'Ducta in Matrimonium Blanca Maria, Principis Mediolani Filia, Recetoque a Ludvico Sfortia Fidei Iuramento, Ducatus Mediolani ad obedientiam imperii sine sanguine reductus. II.' by Joseph Bramati, drawing by Franciscus Vischer, sculpture by Alexander Collin.
Marks and inscriptions
Joseph Bramati sculpsit.
Makers and roles
after Alexander Colin (Mechelen c.1527 - Innsbruck 1612), sculptor Franciscus Vischer, original artist Joseph Bramati (1795 - 1871), engraver (printmaker)