Large 16th Century Print Albrecht Altdorfer Triumph Of Maximilian Engraving Laid Paper

Hello everyone, Extremely rare large engraving, The Triumph of Maximilian, eighty-second plate, three mounted banner bearers with the arms of different regions, circa 1570/1580. The triumphal march of Emperor Maximilian I is composed of 38 undated and unsigned woodcut sheets. Mounted banner bearers with the arms of the Burgundian and Austrian territories and mounted musicians punctuate the procession. The plan of this march was drawn up by Johannes Stabius on a project developed by Jörg Kölderer. The instructions given by Maximilian I were collected by his secretary Marx Treitzsaurwein in a manuscript now preserved in Vienna (Nationalbibliothek, Ms. 2835). Each wooden plate was cut into several parts - 3 or more - by Jost de Negker in Augsburg and are now preserved in Vienna. The implementation of the project, whose contents were dictated by the emperor himself, was entrusted to the humanist Johannes Stabius. Albrecht Altdorfer followed his instructions and initially delivered a series of one hundred and ten miniatures intended to serve as a basis for the execution of a frieze some eighty-four meters long composed of two hundred and ten engravings. Very good condition, large format, small defects, stains and folds to be noted, large dimensions 54cm x 41.5cm. Free shipping! Worldwide free shipping!