Augustissimorum imperatorum, serenissimorum regum, atque archiducum, illustrissimorum principum, necnon comitum, baronum, nobilium, aliorumq[ue] clarissimorum virorum, qui aut ipsi cum imperio bellorum duces fuerunt, aut in iisdem præfecturis insignioribus laudabiliter functi sunt, verissimæ imagines, & rerum ab ipsis domi, forisq[ue] gestarum succinctæ descriptiones. Quorum arma, aut integra, aut horum partes, quibus induti, vsique aduersus hostem heroica facinora patrarunt, aut quorum auspiciis tàm prospera quàm aduersa fortuna res magnæ gestæ sunt, à serenissimo principe Ferdinando, archiduce Austriæ, duce Burgundiæ, comte Habspurgi & Tyrolis &c. ex omnibus ferè orbis terrarum prouinciis partim conquista, partim ab illorum hæredibus & successoribus transmissa, in celebri Ambrosianæ arcis armamentario, à sua serenitate non procul ciutate Oenipontana extructo, conspiciuntur

Schrenck von Nozing, Jacob, -1612 · 1601 · Oeniponti [Innsbruck] excudebat Ioannes Agricola · 32 pictures

This 1601 Latin folio was printed at Innsbruck by Johann Agricola and compiled by Jacob Schrenck von Nozing as a catalogue of portraits of rulers and nobles whose armour was held in Archduke Ferdinand II's Ambras armoury. Each full-page engraving shows a standing armoured figure set in an ornate architectural niche with columns, arches, and carved panels, and a designer could take from them the framing device of the niche and its sculptural detailing for period-styled layouts.

Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria, 1529-1595 · Gustav II Adolf, King of Sweden, 1594-1632 · Schlosssammlung Ambras · Armor · Nobility · Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria, 1529-1595 -- Art collections · Weapons -- Private collections -- Austria -- Innsbruck -- Early works to 1800 · Armor -- Private collections -- Austria -- Innsbruck -- Early works to 1800 · Kings and rulers -- Portraits -- Early works to 1800 · Nobility -- Europe -- Portraits -- Early works to 1800 · Portraits, Renaissance · Art -- Private collections · Kings and rulers · Weapons · Europe -- Kings and rulers -- Portraits -- Early works to 1800

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