CARDINAL ALBRECHT OF BRANDENBURG OR THE GREAT CARDINAL
1523
Monogram and date MDXXIII
Inscription in the top:
Sic oculos sic ille genas sic ora ferebat Anno etatis sve XXXIIII (Such eyes, such cheeks, such lips he had in the age of 34)
Inscription in the bottom:
Albertus mi di sa sanc romanae ecclae ti san chrysogoni pbr cardina magun ac magde archieps elector impe primas admini halber marchi brandenburgensis (a list of titles of the Cardinal Albrecht of Brandenburg)
174×127 mm
Handbooks:
Impression in the Museum collections
Between 1523 and 1528
First state, before retouching
No watermark
Provenance:
State Hermitage;
Rumyantsev Museum since 1862;
in the Museum since 1924
Inv. Г-2183
Comments:
the impression is light grey, thin (M. 101, 1, c)
Other impressions in the Museum collections:
Inv. Г-5227, on paper without watermarks, dating approximately from the same time
