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The Polish Envoy Kneeling Before Margaret of Austria Seated on Throne, and Thanking Her in the Name of Sigismund for Provoking the Alliance with her Sister Constance, plate 24 from "The Life of Margaret of Austria"

Jacques Callot French
Author Giovanni Altoviti Italian
Publisher Bartolommeo Sermartelli e Fratelli Italian

1612

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Title: The Polish Envoy Kneeling Before Margaret of Austria Seated on Throne, and Thanking Her in the Name of Sigismund for Provoking the Alliance with her Sister Constance, plate 24 from "The Life of Margaret of Austria"

Series/Portfolio: The Life of Margaret of Austria

Artist: Jacques Callot (French, Nancy 1592–1635 Nancy)

Author: Giovanni Altoviti

Publisher: Bartolommeo Sermartelli e Fratelli

Date: 1612

Medium: Etching; first state of three (Lieure)

Dimensions: sheet: 12 13/16 x 8 7/8 in. (32.5 x 22.5 cm)
plate: 5 1/8 x 7 1/16 in. (13 x 18 cm)

Classification: Prints

Credit Line: Bequest of Edwin De T. Bechtel, 1957

Object Number: 57.650.412(25)

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France, 1600-1800 A.D.

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