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Cardinal Albrecht von Brandenburg

(German, 1472–1553)
Medium/TechniqueEngraving
DimensionsSheet: 17 x 11.7 cm (6 11/16 x 4 5/8 in.)
Credit LineHarvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession numberP2636
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ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsIn plate, upper left: ALBERTVS.MI.DI.SA.SANC./ROMANE.ECCLAE.TI.SAN./CHRYSOGONI.PBR.CARDINA./MAGVN.AC.MAGDE.ARCHI=/EPS.ELECTOR.IMPE.PRIMAS/ADMINI.HALBER.MARCHI./BRANDENBVRGENSIS; and in margin below image: SIC.OCVLOS.SIC.ILLE.GENAS.SIC/.ORA.FERREBAT./.ANNO.ETATIS.SVE.XXX./.M.D.X.X.
ProvenanceWilliam Sharp (b. 1749 - d. 1824), Manchester, England; Henry Foster Sewall (b. 1816 - d. 1896), New York; November, 1897, purchased by the MFA through the Harvey D. Parker Fund.
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