PCT-59277

Antique Portrait of John Frederick I by Marchant (1708)

  • Condition: Good, given age. A few small spots. Light soiling bottom right corner. Text on verso slightly shining through. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
  • Date: 1708
  • Overall size: 26 x 41 cm.
  • Image size: 21 x 36 cm.
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.. Antique Portrait of John Frederick I by Marchant (1708)

Description: Antique print, titled: 'Chur Furst Johann Friederich der Erste (…)' - Full length portrait of John Frederick I Elector of Saxony (called Johann the Magnanimous, or St. Johann the Steadfast), engraved by Joh. Christian Marchant for the 1708 large folio edition of the Kurfürsten Bible/Weimaror Endters Bible.There is German text on verso starting with an ornated letter.

From: Biblia : das ist die gantze Heilige Schrift, Altes und Neues Testaments / verteutscht von Doctor Martin Luther: und auf gnädigste Verordnung des durchleuchtigsten Fürsten und Herrn/ Herrn Ernsts/ Hertzogen zu Sachsen (..) published in Germany 1708 ( The first edition appeared in 1641) by Johann Andrea Endters Seel, Sohn und Erben.

Artists and Engravers: Made by 'Johann Christian Marchant' after an anonymous artist.