Maximilian, Archduke of Austria and elected king of Poland. Oil painting, 16--.
- Date:
- [between 1600 and 1699?]
- Reference:
- 643072i
- Part of:
- House of Habsburg: portraits in oils.
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Description
Head and shoulders to left wearing armour and Spanish-style ruff in fictive surround with device and motto below. After the unexpected death of Stefan Batory, King of Poland, in 1586, the pro-Hapsburg Zborowski faction forced through the election of Archduke Maximilian as king. However, he ruled Poland only briefly: the staunch anti-Austrian Jan Zamoyski confronted Maximilian and held Krakow for the Swedish crown prince, grandson of Gustavus I and son of John III of Sweden, Zygmunt III Vasa (1566-1632), who held the Polish crown 1587-1632
Publication/Creation
[between 1600 and 1699?]
Physical description
1 painting : oil on canvas ; canvas 21 x 15 cm
Lettering
Maximilian erwählter König in Pohlen Erzherzog zu Oesterreich. Fata virtute sequemur
Motto is abbreviation of Fidem fati virtute sequemur
Reference
Wellcome Collection 643072i
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