The Imperial Eagle (Aquila Imperialis)

Inscription: across top: LAVREA SERTA GERIT SACRO IOVIS ALES IN ORE / MAXIMILIANEIS IAM CELEBRATA SCOLIS;
across bottom: BVRGKMAIR HANC AQVILAM DEPINXERAT ARTE IOHAES / ET CELTIS PVLHRAM TEXVIT HISTORIAM // ILLE NOVEM MUSIS SEPTENAS IVNXERAT ARTES / QVAS STVDIO PARILI DOCTA VIENA COLIT;

at left and right of the imperial eagle: AQVILA / IMPERIALIS;
in nimbus of head at left: SACRO;
in nimbus of head at right: IMPERIO;
on wreath hanging from the mouth of each head: LAVREA;

above series of roundels at left, with the days of creation: DIVINIA FABRICA;
at left of roundels with the days of creation: SEX OPERADIERVM
on roundels at left (from top to bottom): FIAT LVX / STEL.FIX / OR.PLANE / MARE.TER / EVR AFR ASIA / ADAM;
above series of roundels at right, with mechanical arts: HVANA INVENTA;
at right of roundels with the mechanical arts: SEPTEM MECHANICAE
on roundels at right (from top to bottom): VESTIARIA / AGRICVLTVRA / ARCHITECTVRA / MILICIA VENA / MERCATVRA / COQVINARIA / METALLARIA;

at top center, above Maximilian: DIVVS MAXIMI;
at left and right of his feet, flanking three-legged stool: TRI / POS
above fountain basin, on spout: FONS MVSARVM / H.B
above muses in fountain: NOVEM MVSAE
below basin, at left and right: ERRADO / DISCITVR
at left and right of enthroned Philosophia: PHILO / SOPHIA
at left of the seven liberal arts: SEPTE LIBERALES
above the Judgment of Paris, at right: IVDICIVM PARIDIS;
to the left and right of the Judgment of Paris: MERCVR / DISCORDIA

Marking: on verso, at bottom left: collector's marks of the British Museum [Lugt 300 and Lugt 305]

British Museum; Vendor: P. & D. Colnaghi & Co.

New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "The Last Knight: The Art, Armor, and Ambition of Maximilian I," October 7, 2019–January 5, 2020.

Hollstein V.150.800; Dodgson II.67.4