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Description: This scarse old antique print and incunabel sheet originates from: 'Die excellente Cronike van Vlaenderen ...', (transl.: Cronicles / History of Flanders, Belgium) by Roelant de Dappere, published by Willem Vorsterman in Antwerp, 1531. This work has splendit woodcut illustrations. Individual prints from this scarse work are rarely offered.
Artists and Engravers: Bibl. Belgica ascribes the main work to Roelant de Doppere and Antoine de Roovere. The author of the second part is still unknown. The publisher of the work: Willem Vorsterman (Flemish 1504-1540 or 1543) was one of the leading and most productive publishers / printers of his time. He published over 200 works in the period 1524-1540. This work is one of his most popular works. The woodcuts in this work were partly assembled from the publishers inventory and partly made for this work by unknown artists.
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Subject: Antique print, titled: 'Hoe die edel Hertoghe Maximiliaen int vulle harnasch met grooten state te Ghendt in quam. Ende hoe hy daer ontfanghen was ten willecommene van sijnd' bruyt vrau Marie van Bourgoengien.' - Maximilian in full armor on a barded horse, with several knights and soldiers on horseback, arriving in Ghent to welcome his bride Mary of Burgundy. Maximilian I (1459-1519), the son of Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor, and Eleanor of Portugal, was King of the Romans (also known as King of the Germans) from 1486 and Holy Roman Emperor from 1508 until his death, though he was never in fact crowned by the Pope, the journey to Rome always being too risky. He had ruled jointly with his father for the last ten years of his father's reign, from c. 1483.
Condition: Good, given age. Left edge uneven from binding, some paper damage in the top left margin corner. Right and lower edges dampstained. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
Size (in cm): The overall size is ca. 20 x 30 cm. The image size is ca. 15.5 x 17.4 cm.
Size (in inch): The overall size is ca. 7.9 x 11.8 inch. The image size is ca. 6.1 x 6.9 inch.
Medium: Woodcut on hand laid paper.
Location: A297-17
SKU: TPC 52030.1
Section: DOPPERE-VORSTERMAN-1531
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