Author: Sompel, Pieter van (c.1600-fter 1644) after Soutman, Pieter Claesz (1580-1657)
Title: Ets en gravure/etching and engraving: Maximilianus I, Imperator (Emperor Maximilian I) [set title: Effigies imperatorum domus Austriacae, 1644] (Keizer Maximiliaan I).
Description: Bust portrait of Emperor Maximilian I in armor, with crown, in a highly decorated oval frame. On the frame putti, armors, eagles, cannons etc. Inscription below: VI. MAXIMILIANUS I, FRIDERICI IV FIL...., signed: P. Soutman Invenit Effigiavit et Excud. Cum Privil. P. Van Sompel Sculp. 1644. Etching and engraving on paper, with small margins; plate mark: 445 x 361 mm, total: 458 x 372 mm; state I/4; on laid paper, some foxing and browning, small tear on the right margin, small wormhole on the top, close to the coat of arms; otherwise in outstanding condition; Hollstein 21. Made in Antwerpen 1644.

Keywords: Dutch Royals|Portraits