Plate A: Election and Coronation of Emperor Maximilian II

A dense crowd and horsemen fill a cobbled town square lined with half-timbered and stone houses. Riders advance across the square toward the right, past a Gothic church with a tall spire.

Look closer: An ornate Gothic gateway with a tower stands at the upper right edge, half hidden by the crowd.

Artist

Anonymous, German, 17th century

Date

1612

Medium

Etching

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

3571 × 2423 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959