KING Elisabeth Austyaczka - first wife of Sigismund Augustus and Queen Catherine Austyaczka - third wife of Sigismund Augustus - 2 portraits in heliogravure on arc. 38x28 cm.
Slight soiling of upper margin, otherwise very good condition. Attached are 4 cards with biographical information by Witold Kamieniecki (parallel Polish and French text). The portrait comes from the unfinished work "Portraits of Poland [16th-19th centuries published by Marya née Branicki ks. Jerzowa Radziwillowa. Edited by Jerzy hr. Mycielski. [Lvov 1911-1913; H. Altenberg]. "Monumental-scale publication interrupted due to the outbreak of World War I. Portraits reproduced in splendid heliogravures received explanations elaborated by Mycielski from the point of view of history. by Mycielski from the point of view of art hist. and supplemented by biographical remarks from the pen of eminent scholars" (PSB).
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