Austriaci Caesares Mariae Annae, magni caes[ar]is Ferd[inan]di III filiae, maximi regum Phil[i]pi IV sponsae, potentiss[im]ae Hispanae mon[ar]chiae regin[a]e, in dotale auspicium infantis monarchae totiusq[ue] sereniss[im]ae posteritatis exhibiti

Pallavicino, Hortensio, 1608-1691, Agnelli, Federico, 1626-1702, Montia, Ludovicus, 17th cent · 1649 · Mediolani : Ex typographia Ludouici Montiae ad Plateam Mercatorum, apud Antonium Petrarcam prostant · 31 pictures

A 1649 Milanese dynastic album printed by Ludovico Monti and sold by Antonio Petrarca, produced by Hortensio Pallavicino and Federico Agnelli to present the Habsburg emperors to the Spanish royal marriage of Mariana of Austria. Its pictures are repeated engraved title-page frames, each a crowned double-headed eagle with spread wings, a central oval portrait medallion of a ruler, ribbon scrolls and a cartouche, a clear model for symmetrical heraldic layouts.

Habsburg, House of · Mariana de Austria, Queen, consort of Philip IV, King of Spain, 1635-1696

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