

Portrait of Charlemange (1557)
This is a two colored woodcut (chiaroscuro) made by Hubert Goltzius in 1557. Often Goltzius made his designs after coins of collectors. Do you know a coin with this design?
u/ExLibris68 — 14 days ago


This is a two colored woodcut (chiaroscuro) made by Hubert Goltzius in 1557. Often Goltzius made his designs after coins of collectors. Do you know a coin with this design?
All the names are in german
Light blue is the stem duke of bavaria
Yellow is the duke of charinthia
Pink is the stem duke of lower lorraine
Violet is the stem duke of all of lorraine
Green is the stem duke of swabia
The duke of franconia was held by the holy roman emperor/king of the germans who is dark grey
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