Maximilian I

A bust-length engraved portrait of a man in a wide, brimmed hat and a heavy robe with a chain of office. He turns to the left and holds a folded paper or glove, behind a stone parapet carved with two coats of arms and a double-headed eagle.

Look closer: A small winged figure or putto stands on a ledge in the upper left arch.

Artist

Lucas van Leyden

Date

1520

Medium

Etching and engraving

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

2747 × 3642 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Mortimer L. Schiff, 1919